Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-8476
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in PHPMailer before 5.2.14 allow attackers to inject arbitrary SMTP commands via CRLF sequences in an (1) email address to the validateAddress function in class.phpmailer.php or (2) SMTP command to the sendCommand function in class.smtp.php, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0796.
Vulnerability category: Input validation
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8476
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.26%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 63 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2015-8476
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-8476
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-8476
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https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.14
Release PHPMailer 5.2.14 · PHPMailer/PHPMailer · GitHubVendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78619
PHPMailer 'class.phpmailer.php' Security Bypass Vulnerability
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177130.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: php-PHPMailer-5.2.14-1.fc23
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/04/5
oss-security - CVE Request: PHPMailer Message Injection Vulnerability
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/05/1
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PHPMailer Message Injection Vulnerability
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177139.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: php-PHPMailer-5.2.14-1.fc22
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https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/6687a96a18b8f12148881e4ddde795ae477284b0
Add test for line breaks in addresses vulnerability · PHPMailer/PHPMailer@6687a96 · GitHub
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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3416
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3416-1 libphp-phpmailer
Products affected by CVE-2015-8476
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*