CVE-2017-5223

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Published 2017-01-16 · Modified 2024-02-16
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Local file disclosure in PHPMailer

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5223

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5223.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.md

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.2.14+dfsg-2.3
debian debianbullseyefixed5.2.14+dfsg-2.3
debian debianforkyfixed5.2.14+dfsg-2.3
debian debiansidfixed5.2.14+dfsg-2.3
debian debiantrixiefixed5.2.14+dfsg-2.3

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
php Packagistphpmailer/phpmailer>=5.0.0,<5.2.225.2.22

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpmailer_projectphpmailer{"endIncluding":"5.2.21"}

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.