Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting libphp-phpmailer package, versions <6.0.6-0.1
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- published20 Jul 2017
- disclosed20 Jul 2017
Introduced: 20 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11503 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 libphp-phpmailer to version 6.0.6-0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libphp-phpmailer package and not the libphp-phpmailer package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
PHPMailer 5.2.23 has XSS in the "From Email Address" and "To Email Address" fields of code_generator.php.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11503
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.24
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060181
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143138/phpmailer-xss.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99293/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039026
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-11503