CVE-2007-3215

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3215
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-06-14 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionPHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpmailer Phpmailer 1.7 All All All
Application Phpmailer Phpmailer 1.7.1 All All All
Application Phpmailer Phpmailer 1.7.2 All All All
Application Phpmailer Phpmailer 1.7.3 All All All
Application Phpmailer Phpmailer 1.73 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHPMailer "Sender" Arbitrary Command Execution - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for libphp-phpmailer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/76139 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1315-1 libphp-phpmailer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
osvdb.org/37206 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 yehg.net
SourceForge.net: PHPMailer: Detail: 1734811 - popen command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: vTiger CRM 5.2.x <= Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Knowledgeroot Knowledgebase PHPMailer "Sender" Command Execution - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityReason - PHPMailer command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Larholm.com - Me, myself and I » PHPMailer 0day remote command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 larholm.com
PHPMailer Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997088 PHP (Composer) Security Update for phpmailer/phpmailer (GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch)
  • 997089 PHP (Composer) Security Update for phpmailer/phpmailer (GHSA-8jc3-5p29-qgjx)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report