CVE-2020-13625
HIGH7.5EPSS 4.9%Insufficient output escaping of attachment names in PHPMailer
Published: 5/27/2020Modified: 5/27/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (5)
- Bitnami/phpmailerfrom 0, < 6.1.6
- Debian/libphp-phpmailerfrom 0, < 6.1.6-1
- Debian/libphp-phpmailerfrom 0, < 5.2.9+dfsg-2+deb8u6
- Debian/libphp-phpmailerfrom 0, < 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u2
- Packagist/phpmailer/phpmailerfrom 0, < 6.1.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (16)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13625
- PATCHhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b3
- WEBhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
- WEBhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX
- WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1
- WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/