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)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References (16)