CVE-2017-11503

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11503
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-20 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-03 17:14:00 UTC
DescriptionPHPMailer 5.2.23 has XSS in the "From Email Address" and "To Email Address" fields of code_generator.php.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpmailer Project Phpmailer 5.2.23 All All All
Application Phpmailer Project Phpmailer 5.2.23 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHPMailer < 5.2.23 - Cross-Site Scripting - CXSecurity.com MISC cxsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
PHPMailer Input Validation Flaw in 'code_generator.phps' Example Code Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GitHub - PHPMailer/PHPMailer: The classic email sending library for PHP MISC github.com Product
PHPMailer Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PHPMailer 'code_generator.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Release PHPMailer 5.2.24 · PHPMailer/PHPMailer · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
PHPMailer 'code_generator.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability MITRE www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199517 Ubuntu Security Notification for PHPMailer Vulnerabilities (USN-5956-1)
  • 199549 Ubuntu Security Notification for PHPMailer Vulnerability (USN-5956-2)
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