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Vulnerability details: VCID-vc72-ptj1-kyh4
Vulnerability ID VCID-vc72-ptj1-kyh4
Aliases CVE-2020-13625
GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
Summary PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
epss 0.02624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b3
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b3
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1
generic_textual HIGH https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13625
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13625
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b3
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1
962827 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962827
cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
USN-4505-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/
USN-5956-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5956-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/c2796cb1cb99d7717290b48c4e6f32cb6c60b7b3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13625
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.851
EPSS Score 0.02624
Published At Aug. 8, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:34:41.532008+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/ 37.0.0