VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-3603
CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability2.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
PHPMailer 6.4.1 and earlier contain a vulnerability that can result in untrusted code being called (if such code is injected into the host project's scope by other means). If the $patternselect parameter to validateAddress() is set to 'php' (the default, defined by PHPMailer::$validator), and the global namespace contains a function called php, it will be called in preference to the built-in validator of the same name. Mitigated in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names.
Weakness classification
- security@huntr.dev: CWE-829
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-829
Primary references
- security@huntr.dev — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security@huntr.dev
- security@huntr.dev
- security@huntr.dev — Product
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Product