CVE-2021-3603

moderate-risk
Published 2021-06-17

PHPMailer 6.4.1 and earlier contain a vulnerability that can result in untrusted code being called (if such code is injected into the host project's scope by other means). If the $patternselect parameter to validateAddress() is set to 'php' (the default, defined by PHPMailer::$validator), and the global namespace contains a function called php, it will be called in preference to the built-in validator of the same name. Mitigated in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names.

Do I need to act?

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0.78% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

36
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low