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CVE-2008-5619
html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and…
High10.0EPSS 58.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 58.6% · top 0.9% 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: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmailer/phpmailerGHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q (opens in a new tab)
References (17)
- http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 7549 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 7553 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-11234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-11220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081212 CVE Request - roundcubemail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 33170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33145 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20081222 POC for CVE-2008-5619 (roundcubemail PHP arbitrary code injection) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-v5c9-mmw9-829q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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