5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
9.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
65.6%
PHPMailer is prone to a SMTP CRLF injection vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108467");
script_version("2022-04-13T07:21:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8476");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-04-13 07:21:45 +0000 (Wed, 13 Apr 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-09-25 09:59:32 +0200 (Tue, 25 Sep 2018)");
script_name("PHPMailer < 5.2.14 SMTP CRLF Injection Vulnerability");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_phpmailer_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("phpmailer/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78619");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.md");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHPMailer is prone to a SMTP CRLF injection vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists because PHPMailer allows 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.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this issue to send arbitrary messages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHPMailer versions before 5.2.14 are vulnerable.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.2.14 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"5.2.14" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"5.2.14", install_url:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );