CVE-2016-10045

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

97.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-12-30 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5cfac9ef75762d58811ff39355326c4e4d13bc5170b3e17ef1aa95f78b54b50b

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com42221https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.exploit-db.com40969https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com20161228 PHPMailer < 5.2.20 Remote Code Execution PoC 0day Exploit (CVE-2016-10045) (Bypass of the CVE-2016-1033 patch)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• openwall.com[oss-security] 20161228 Re: PHPMailer < 5.2.18 Remote Code Execution [updated advisory] [CVE-2016-10033]http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilitiesx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com40986https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.rapid7.comhttp://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injectionx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com95130http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• legalhackers.comhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20161227 PHPMailer < 5.2.20 Remote Code Execution PoC 0day Exploit (CVE-2016-10045) (Bypass of the CVE-2016-1033 patch)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securitytracker.com1037533http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• developer.joomla.orghttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM