CVE-2017-5223

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

2.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

2017-01-16 06:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 14:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c847d47919aca118487707ab268cb848f2005a370ca863070ec0aaf2b7745903

• www.securityfocus.com95328http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95328vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• kalilinux.cohttp://kalilinux.co/2017/01/12/phpmailer-cve-2017-5223-local-information-disclosure-vulnerability-analysis/x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43056https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43056/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• github.comhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.mdx_refsource_MISC