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GHSA-MJ5R-X73Q-FJW6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-27 21:59 – Updated: 2024-12-02 18:03

Summary

SPEmailHandler-PHP has Potential Abuse for Sending Arbitrary Emails

Details

Impact

Messages sent using this script are vulnerable to abuse, as the script allows anybody to specify arbitrary email recipients and include user-provided content in confirmation emails. This could enable malicious actors to use your server to send spam, phishing emails, or other malicious content, potentially damaging your domain's reputation and leading to blacklisting by email providers.

Patches

Patched in version 1.0.0 by removing user-provided content from confirmation emails. All pre-release versions (alpha and beta) are vulnerable to this issue and should not be used.

Workarounds

There are no workarounds for this issue. Users must upgrade to version 1.0.0 to mitigate the vulnerability.

Severity

8.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "spencer14420/sp-php-email-handler"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
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  "aliases": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-11-27T21:59:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-27T22:15:05Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nMessages sent using this script are vulnerable to abuse, as the script allows anybody to specify arbitrary email recipients and include user-provided content in confirmation emails. This could enable malicious actors to use your server to send spam, phishing emails, or other malicious content, potentially damaging your domain\u0027s reputation and leading to blacklisting by email providers.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in version 1.0.0 by removing user-provided content from confirmation emails. All pre-release versions (alpha and beta) are vulnerable to this issue and should not be used.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no workarounds for this issue. Users must upgrade to version 1.0.0 to mitigate the vulnerability.\n",
  "id": "GHSA-mj5r-x73q-fjw6",
  "modified": "2024-12-02T18:03:43Z",
  "published": "2024-11-27T21:59:28Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Spencer14420/SPEmailHandler-PHP/security/advisories/GHSA-mj5r-x73q-fjw6"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Spencer14420/SPEmailHandler-PHP/commit/6f00dd0d44ff27889aed2980a5ba06e60d83549d"
    },
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
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}

CVE-2024-53860 (GCVE-0-2024-53860)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-27 21:31 – Updated: 2024-12-02 22:27

Title

Potential Abuse for Sending Arbitrary Emails in sp-php-email-handler

Summary

sp-php-email-handler is a PHP package for handling contact form submissions. Messages sent using this script are vulnerable to abuse, as the script allows anybody to specify arbitrary email recipients and include user-provided content in confirmation emails. This could enable malicious actors to use your server to send spam, phishing emails, or other malicious content, potentially damaging your domain's reputation and leading to blacklisting by email providers. Patched in version 1.0.0 by removing user-provided content from confirmation emails. All pre-release versions (alpha and beta) are vulnerable to this issue and should not be used. There are no workarounds for this issue. Users must upgrade to version 1.0.0 to mitigate the vulnerability.

Severity

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-02 22:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7856 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Spencer14420/SPEmailHandler-PH…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Spencer14420/SPEmailHandler-PH…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Spencer14420	SPEmailHandler-PHP	Affected: < 1.0.0
spencer14420	spemailhandler-php	Affected: 0 , < 1.0.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:spencer14420:spemailhandler-php::::::::

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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