vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-c7656d4c-cb60-11e6-a9a5-b499baebfeaf (CVE-2016-10033): phpmailer -- Remote Code Execution
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 26, 2016 | Dec 27, 2016 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 26, 2016
Added
Dec 27, 2016
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Legal Hackers reports: An independent research uncovered a critical vulnerability in PHPMailer that could potentially be used by (unauthenticated) remote attackers to achieve remote arbitrary code execution in the context of the web server user and remotely compromise the target web application. To exploit the vulnerability an attacker could target common website components such as contact/feedback forms, registration forms, password email resets and others that send out emails with the help of a vulnerable version of the PHPMailer class.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-phpmailerfreebsd-upgrade-package-tt-rss
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