CVE-2017-5223
🗓️ 16 Jan 2017 06:00:00Reported by mitreType 
cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov📰️ 2 Media mentions👁 227 Views🌐 WEB
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PHPMailer 5.2.21 Local File Disclosure Exploit | 26 Oct 201700:00 | – | zdt |
 | phpmailer -- Remote Code Execution | 10 Jan 201700:00 | – | freebsd |
 | Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package phpipam version 1.27.002-alt1 | 10 Jan 201700:00 | – | altlinux |
 | CVE-2017-5223 | 3 Oct 202607:00 | – | circl |
 | PHPMailer Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 12 Jan 201700:00 | – | cnvd |
| PHPMailer Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability | 3 Feb 201700:00 | – | cnvd |
 | PHPMailer Local Information Disclosure (CVE-2017-5223) - Ver2 | 11 Apr 201800:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories |
 | CVE-2017-5223 | 16 Jan 201706:00 | – | cvelist |
 | [SECURITY] [DLA 1591-1] libphp-phpmailer security update | 23 Nov 201809:41 | – | debian |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 817-1] libphp-phpmailer security update | 6 Feb 201709:00 | – | debian |
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| Parameter | Position | Path | Description | CWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTML content passed to msgHTML (HTML document containing image src with a local path, e.g., /etc/passwd) | nested | /etc/passwd | PHPMailer msgHTML converts relative image URLs to attachments; if no base directory is provided, relative URLs may be treated as local file paths and lead to reading arbitrary files such as /etc/passwd. | CWE-200 |
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17 Jun 2026 01:20Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 22.1
CVSS 35.5
EPSS0.02161