{
"id": "GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-19296"
],
"details": "PHPMailer versions prior to 6.0.6 and 5.2.27 are vulnerable to an object injection attack by passing phar:// paths into `addAttachment()` and other functions that may receive unfiltered local paths, possibly leading to RCE. See [this article](https://knasmueller.net/5-answers-about-php-phar-exploitation) for more info on this type of vulnerability. Mitigated by blocking the use of paths containing URL-protocol style prefixes such as `phar://`. Reported by Sehun Oh of cyberone.kr.\n\n### Impact\nObject injection, possible remote code execution\n\n### Patches\nFixed in 6.0.6 and 5.2.27\n\n### Workarounds\nValidate and sanitise user input before using.\n\n### References\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19296\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open a private issue in [the PHPMailer project](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer)",
"summary": "Phar object injection in PHPMailer",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.2.27"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "phpmailer/phpmailer",
"ecosystem": "Packagist"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.0.6"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "phpmailer/phpmailer",
"ecosystem": "Packagist"
}
}
],
"modified": "2021-08-19T19:57:58Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
}
],
"published": "2020-03-05T22:08:55Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19296",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmailer/phpmailer/CVE-2018-19296.yaml",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.html",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] /message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1321",
"CWE-502",
"CWE-915"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-11-16T09:29:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-03-05T22:08:10Z"
}
}