CVE-2017-11503 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PHPMailer 5.2.23 has XSS in the "From Email Address" and "To Email Address" fields of code_generator.php.

Published: 2017-07-20

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:5.2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-0330	PHPMailer 5.2.23 has XSS in the "From Email Address" and "To Email Address" fields of code_generator.php.
Github GHSA	GHSA-58mj-pw57-4vm2	Cross-site scripting in PHPMailer
Ubuntu USN	USN-5956-1	PHPMailer vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5956-2	PHPMailer vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0294.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99293/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039026
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060181
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.24
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143138/phpmailer-xss.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmailer Project Phpmailer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-20T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.168Z

Reserved: 2017-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11503

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-20T23:29:00.310

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11503

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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