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CVE-2020-36326

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.19.8CriticalEPSS percentile88th3.1% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 sourceFix3 products2 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • Packagist phpmailer/phpmailerAffected: ≥ 6.1.8, < 6.4.1Upgrade to: 6.4.1Stated by: GitHub advisory
  • Phpmailer Project PhpmailerAffected: ≥ 6.1.8, ≤ 6.4.0Upgrade to: after 6.4.0Stated by: NVD
  • WordpressAffected: ≥ 3.7, < 3.7.36Upgrade to: 3.7.36Stated by: NVD

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What it is

From the CVE record

PHPMailer 6.1.8 through 6.4.0 allows object injection through Phar Deserialization via addAttachment with a UNC pathname. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2018-19296, but arose because 6.1.8 fixed a functionality problem in which UNC pathnames were always considered unreadable by PHPMailer, even in safe contexts. As an unintended side effect, this fix eliminated the code that blocked addAttachment exploitation.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS88th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

3.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 88th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 471 days before any public exploit.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

And 1 more affected product. See all after sign-in

Scale

How widely the affected products are used. This is not a count of vulnerable hosts.

Estimate Public sources, each figure dated. How much of it is already patched is not known.

WordPress

Web

Usage: unknown. No public source measures this product yet.

Version split: unknown. No public source for this product.

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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