5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-5223
PHPMailer Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in PHPMailer before 5.2.22. PHPMailer's msgHTML method applies transformations to an HTML document to make it usable as an email message body. One of the transformations is to convert relative image URLs into attachments using a script-provided base directory. If no base directory is provided, it resolves to /, meaning that relative image URLs get treated as absolute local file paths and added as attachments. To form a remote vulnerability, the msgHTML method must be called, passed an unfiltered, user-supplied HTML document, and must not set a base directory.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 16, 2017, 6:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 28, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-5223 has a 116 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5223 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Phpmailer_project phpmailer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-5223.

URL Resource
http://kalilinux.co/2017/01/12/phpmailer-cve-2017-5223-local-information-disclosure-vulnerability-analysis/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95328 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.md Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43056/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

PHP JavaScript Hack CSS

Updated: 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2024, 10:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP JavaScript Hack

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 9, 2024, 11:47 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP Hack HTML JavaScript

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2024, 7:35 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP HTML

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 6, 2023, 7:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP Hack

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 6, 2023, 7:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Exemplo de Crud Feito em PHP de um sistema de reservas

PHP Hack CSS

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 5, 2023, 2:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

This project is entitled Online Flight Booking Management System. It is a web-based application developed using PHP Language as the back end and MySQL as the database.

PHP CSS Hack SCSS

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 29, 2023, 7:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP Shell

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2023, 4:04 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP JavaScript Hack CSS

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 23, 2023, 7:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP Shell

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 18, 2023, 6:04 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP Shell

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 26, 2022, 12:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

PHP Project

CSS PHP JavaScript Hack SCSS

Updated: 2 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 22, 2022, 2:20 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP Shell

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 17, 2022, 12:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

PHP JavaScript Hack CSS

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 1, 2022, 8:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Online food Ordering System developed using PHP, Html, css and JSON and we have used XAMPP server with MYSQL for database server

html json php css

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 17, 2022, 2:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-5223 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-5223 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43056/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95328 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95328 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://kalilinux.co/2017/01/12/phpmailer-cve-2017-5223-local-information-disclosure-vulnerability-analysis/ No Types Assigned http://kalilinux.co/2017/01/12/phpmailer-cve-2017-5223-local-information-disclosure-vulnerability-analysis/ Third Party Advisory, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.md Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:5.2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95328 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5223 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-5223 weaknesses.

CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-116: Excavation Excavation CAPEC-169: Footprinting Footprinting CAPEC-224: Fingerprinting Fingerprinting CAPEC-285: ICMP Echo Request Ping ICMP Echo Request Ping CAPEC-287: TCP SYN Scan TCP SYN Scan CAPEC-290: Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records CAPEC-291: DNS Zone Transfers DNS Zone Transfers CAPEC-292: Host Discovery Host Discovery CAPEC-293: Traceroute Route Enumeration Traceroute Route Enumeration CAPEC-294: ICMP Address Mask Request ICMP Address Mask Request CAPEC-295: Timestamp Request Timestamp Request CAPEC-296: ICMP Information Request ICMP Information Request CAPEC-297: TCP ACK Ping TCP ACK Ping CAPEC-298: UDP Ping UDP Ping CAPEC-299: TCP SYN Ping TCP SYN Ping CAPEC-300: Port Scanning Port Scanning CAPEC-301: TCP Connect Scan TCP Connect Scan CAPEC-302: TCP FIN Scan TCP FIN Scan CAPEC-303: TCP Xmas Scan TCP Xmas Scan CAPEC-304: TCP Null Scan TCP Null Scan CAPEC-305: TCP ACK Scan TCP ACK Scan CAPEC-306: TCP Window Scan TCP Window Scan CAPEC-307: TCP RPC Scan TCP RPC Scan CAPEC-308: UDP Scan UDP Scan CAPEC-309: Network Topology Mapping Network Topology Mapping CAPEC-310: Scanning for Vulnerable Software Scanning for Vulnerable Software CAPEC-312: Active OS Fingerprinting Active OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-313: Passive OS Fingerprinting Passive OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-317: IP ID Sequencing Probe IP ID Sequencing Probe CAPEC-318: IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe CAPEC-319: IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe CAPEC-320: TCP Timestamp Probe TCP Timestamp Probe CAPEC-321: TCP Sequence Number Probe TCP Sequence Number Probe CAPEC-322: TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe CAPEC-323: TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe CAPEC-324: TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe CAPEC-325: TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe CAPEC-326: TCP Initial Window Size Probe TCP Initial Window Size Probe CAPEC-327: TCP Options Probe TCP Options Probe CAPEC-328: TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe CAPEC-329: ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe CAPEC-330: ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe CAPEC-472: Browser Fingerprinting Browser Fingerprinting CAPEC-497: File Discovery File Discovery CAPEC-508: Shoulder Surfing Shoulder Surfing CAPEC-573: Process Footprinting Process Footprinting CAPEC-574: Services Footprinting Services Footprinting CAPEC-575: Account Footprinting Account Footprinting CAPEC-576: Group Permission Footprinting Group Permission Footprinting CAPEC-577: Owner Footprinting Owner Footprinting CAPEC-616: Establish Rogue Location Establish Rogue Location CAPEC-643: Identify Shared Files/Directories on System Identify Shared Files/Directories on System CAPEC-646: Peripheral Footprinting Peripheral Footprinting CAPEC-651: Eavesdropping Eavesdropping
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

92.33 }} -1.10%

score

0.99036

percentile

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