ghsa-77mr-wc79-m8j3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-06-22 15:18
Modified
2024-02-07 18:16
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
PHPMailer untrusted code may be run from an overridden address validator
Details

If a function is defined that has the same name as the default built-in email address validation scheme (php), it will be called in default configuration as when no validation scheme is provided, the default scheme's callable php was being called. If an attacker is able to inject such a function into the application (a much bigger issue), it will be called whenever an email address is validated, such as when calling validateAddress().

Impact

Low impact – exploitation requires that an attacker can already inject code into an application, but it provides a trigger pathway.

Patches

This is patched in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names, which is a very minor BC break.

Workarounds

Inject your own email validator function.

References

Reported by Vikrant Singh Chauhan via huntr.dev. CVE-2021-3603

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in the PHPMailer project * Email us.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpmailer/phpmailer"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.5.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3603"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74",
      "CWE-829"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-06-16T19:49:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-06-17T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "If a function is defined that has the same name as the default built-in email address validation scheme (`php`), it will be called in default configuration as when no validation scheme is provided, the default scheme\u0027s callable `php` was being called. If an attacker is able to inject such a function into the application (a much bigger issue), it will be called whenever an email address is validated, such as when calling `validateAddress()`.\n\n### Impact\nLow impact \u2013 exploitation requires that an attacker can already inject code into an application, but it provides a trigger pathway.\n\n### Patches\nThis is patched in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names, which is a very minor BC break.\n\n### Workarounds\nInject your own email validator function.\n\n### References\nReported by [Vikrant Singh Chauhan](mailto:vi@hackberry.xyz) via [huntr.dev](https://www.huntr.dev/).\n[CVE-2021-3603](https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-3603)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [the PHPMailer project](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer)\n* [Email us](mailto:phpmailer@synchromedia.co.uk).\n",
  "id": "GHSA-77mr-wc79-m8j3",
  "modified": "2024-02-07T18:16:24Z",
  "published": "2021-06-22T15:18:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-77mr-wc79-m8j3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3603"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/45f3c18dc6a2de1cb1bf49b9b249a9ee36a5f7f3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmailer/phpmailer/CVE-2021-3603.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.5.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3YRMWGA4VTMXFB22KICMB7YMFZNFV3EJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FJYSOFCUBS67J3TKR74SD3C454N7VTYM"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-3603"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.huntr.dev/bounties/1-PHPMailer/PHPMailer"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "PHPMailer untrusted code may be run from an overridden address validator"
}


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