CVE-2016-10033 (GCVE-0-2016-10033)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-30 19:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:46
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.
References
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2025-07-07

Due date: 2025-07-28

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 ; https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5f37-gxvh-23v6 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10033

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