CVE-2016-10033

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-10033
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-30T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-09-30T16:30:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.2.18
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.7
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.5.0 3.6.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004 Third Party Advisory
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10033
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10033
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:52:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:38:43 2016-12-30T19:59Z 2016-12-30T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:38:43 2021-09-30T16:30:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:38:43 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated