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F5: CVE-2016-10033: K74977440: PHPMailer vulnerability CVE-2016-10033

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 24, 2017
Added
Jun 17, 2026
Modified
Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18, when the Sender property is not set, might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted From address.

Solution

f5-bigip-upgrade-latest
Title
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