CVE-2020-13625
PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or
02 Description
PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 3.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (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:N/I:H/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-06-08 16:03Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-05-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9f4401b31365415f55b0f906d23da5b70a50145246e49ed7a184009262c96959
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
- github.comhttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200611 [SECURITY] [DLA 2244-1] libphp-phpmailer security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-06e87e71fehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-0bbe6304e3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1060http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1106http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200802 [SECURITY] [DLA 2306-1] libphp-phpmailer security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4505-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 6.1.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 6.1.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 6.1.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u2build0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- libphp-phpmailer Fixed in 6.0.6-0.1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.