CVE-2015-8476

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8476
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-16 21:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in PHPMailer before 5.2.14 allow attackers to inject arbitrary SMTP commands via CRLF sequences in an (1) email address to the validateAddress function in class.phpmailer.php or (2) SMTP command to the sendCommand function in class.smtp.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0796.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Phpmailer Project Phpmailer All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Add test for line breaks in addresses vulnerability · PHPMailer/PHPMailer@6687a96 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: php-PHPMailer-5.2.14-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3416-1 libphp-phpmailer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE Request: PHPMailer Message Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: php-PHPMailer-5.2.14-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Release PHPMailer 5.2.14 · PHPMailer/PHPMailer · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PHPMailer Message Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
PHPMailer 'class.phpmailer.php' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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