vulnerability
Moodle: (CVE-2016-10045): MSA-17-0003: PHPMailer vulnerability in no-reply address
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 30, 2016 | Apr 19, 2017 | Aug 14, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 30, 2016
Added
Apr 19, 2017
Modified
Aug 14, 2025
Description
The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.
Solution
moodle-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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