CVE-2008-5619
PHPMailer susceptible to arbitrary code execution
EPSS 77.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-5619
To remediate CVE-2008-5619, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/roundcube—upgrade to 0.1.1-9 or later
- Packagist/phpmailer/phpmailer—upgrade to 5.2.10 or later
Is CVE-2008-5619 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 77.7%, placing CVE-2008-5619 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.1.1-9
- from 0, < 5.2.10