GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch
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Summary: PHPMailer Shell command injection
Details: PHPMailer before 1.7.4, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in `class.phpmailer.php`. ### Impact Shell command injection, remotely exploitable if host application does not filter user data appropriately. ### Patches Fixed in 1.7.4 ### Workarounds Filter and validate user-supplied data before putting in the into the `Sender` property. ### References https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3215 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open a private issue in [the PHPMailer project](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer)
References: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch, https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2007060063, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34818, https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer, https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223, https://sourceforge.net/p/phpmailer/bugs/192, https://web.archive.org/web/20070714054359/http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution, https://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce
Affected packages
Package
Name: phpmailer/phpmailer
Purl: pkg:composer/phpmailer/phpmailer
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
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