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CVE-2008-5619

Published: Dec 17, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-94
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
54.0%
Top 1.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

webmailroundcube
Web App
Communications / email-server-client
phpmailer/phpmailerPackagistOSS Libraries
n/an/a
roundcubeoss-projectDECommunicationsaka roundcube webmail, roundcube
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
mahara.org
http://osvdb.org/53893
osvdb.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33145
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 17, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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