Fluid Attacks Database

Description

PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <6.1.6-1	6.1.6-1
debian 12	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <6.1.6-1	6.1.6-1
packagist	phpmailer/phpmailer	>=0 <6.1.6	6.1.6
debian 11	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <6.1.6-1	6.1.6-1
debian 14	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <6.1.6-1	6.1.6-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2020-136252. NVD-2020-136253. OSV-DEBIAN-2020-136254. OSV-2020-136255. GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj6. GCVE-2020-136257. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2020-136258. lists.debian.org9. lists.debian.org

References

1. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj2. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b33. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.64. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ5. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX6. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-17. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html

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