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FKIE_CVE-2016-10033

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-12-30 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:38

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108	Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108	Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/	Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-10033	US Government Resource

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
phpmailer_project	phpmailer	*
wordpress	wordpress	*
joomla	joomla\!	*

JSON

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  "cisaExploitAdd": "2025-07-07",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
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CVE-2016-10033 (GCVE-0-2016-10033)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-30 19:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-17 03:55 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

22 references

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https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exp…	x_refsource_MISC
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMa…	x_refsource_MISC
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2016-12-25 00:00

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  "cveMetadata": {
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    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2016-10033",
    "datePublished": "2016-12-30T19:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2016-12-22T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:55:47.202Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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}

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