CVE-2018-19296
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 16, 2018 at 09:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:49 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraWordPress
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
PHPMailer before 5.2.27 and 6.x before 6.0.6 is vulnerable to an object injection attack.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
v < 5.2.276.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.6
Affected range stops below 5.2.27, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%3.7 ≤ v ≤ 5.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502CWE-1321
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