CVE-2007-3215
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
PHPMailer 1.7, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2024-0536)
- Published
- June 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-0536 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- phpmailer / phpmailer
- phpmailer / phpmailer
- phpmailer / phpmailer
- phpmailer / phpmailer
- phpmailer / phpmailer
References
- http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution/
- http://osvdb.org/37206
- http://osvdb.org/76139
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25626(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25755
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25758
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2802
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=517428&group_id=157374
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471065/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24417
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2161
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2267
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34818
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1734811&group_id=26031&atid=385707
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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