Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting cacti package, versions <1.2.13-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.93% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-CACTI-14176887
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed8 Jun 2020

Introduced: 8 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13625  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 cacti to version 1.2.13-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cacti package and not the cacti package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.

CVSS Base Scores

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