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CVE-2007-3215
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.4%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmailer/phpmailerGHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch (opens in a new tab)
References (17)
- 20070611 PHPMailer command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=517428&group_id=157374 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- phpmailer-popen-command-execution(34818) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25755 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 76139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1734811&group_id=26031&atid=385707 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 37206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2267 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 25626 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20111005 vTiger CRM 5.2.x <= Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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