CVE-2020-13625
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (17)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvjInsufficient output escaping of attachment names in PHPMailer2020-05-27ghsa · osvUS
### Impact CWE-116: Incorrect output escaping. An attachment added like this (note the double quote within the attachment name, which is entirely valid): $mail->addAttachment('/tmp/attachment.tmp', 'filename.html";.jpg'); Will result in a message containing these headers: Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="filename.html";.jpg" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filename.html";.jpg" The attachment will be named `filename.html`, and the trailing `";.jpg"` will be ignored. Mail filters that reject `.html` attachments but permit `.jpg` attachments may be fooled by this. Note that the MIME type itself is obtained automatically from the *source filename* (in this case `attachment.tmp`, which maps to a generic `application/octet-stream` type), and not the *name* given to the attachment (though these are the same if a separate name is not provided), though it can be set explicitly in other parameters to attachment methods. ### Patches Patched in PHPMailer 6.1.6 by escaping double quotes within the name using a backslash, as per RFC822 section 3.4.1, resulting in correctly escaped headers like this: Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="filename.html\";.jpg" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filename.html\";.jpg" ### Workarounds Reject or filter names and filenames containing double quote (`"`) characters before passing them to attachment functions such as `addAttachment()`. ### References [CVE-2020-13625](https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-13625). [PHPMailer 6.1.6 release](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [the PHPMailer repo](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues)
- BIT-phpmailer-2020-136252024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (34)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6cnnvd
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvjcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/cnnvd
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