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CVE-2007-3215
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmailer/phpmailerGHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch (opens in a new tab)
References
17
- 20070611 PHPMailer command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=517428&group_id=157374 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- phpmailer-popen-command-execution(34818) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25755 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 76139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1734811&group_id=26031&atid=385707 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 37206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2267 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 25626 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20111005 vTiger CRM 5.2.x <= Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-0536 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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