Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Moodle: (CVE-2016-10045): MSA-17-0003: PHPMailer vulnerability in no-reply address

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
2024 Attack Intel Report Latest research by Rapid7 Labs
Back to Search

Moodle: (CVE-2016-10045): MSA-17-0003: PHPMailer vulnerability in no-reply address

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2017
Modified
01/12/2023

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(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-latest

References

  • CVE-2016-10045

insightVM

Advanced vulnerability management analytics and reporting.
Key Features
Free InsightVM Trial View All Features

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;