GHSA-398J-F7M7-795J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-06 21:25 – Updated: 2023-02-15 19:34
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Summary
PHPMailer vulnerable to email header injection
Details

Impact

Arbitrary additional email headers can be injected via crafted From or Sender headers.

Patches

Fixed in 2.2.1

Workarounds

Filter user-supplied values prior to using them in From or Sender properties.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open a private issue in the PHPMailer project

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpmailer/phpmailer"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.1"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-0796"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-10-06T21:25:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-07-17T10:20:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nArbitrary additional email headers can be injected via crafted From or Sender headers.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in 2.2.1\n\n### Workarounds\nFilter user-supplied values prior to using them in From or Sender properties.\n\n### References\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796\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)",
  "id": "GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j",
  "modified": "2023-02-15T19:34:00Z",
  "published": "2022-10-06T21:25:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git\u0026a=commit\u0026h=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194015"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "PHPMailer vulnerable to email header injection"
}



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