CVE-2016-10033
PHPMailer Command Injection Vulnerability
- Published
- Dec 30, 2016
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Dec 25, 2016
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 100.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.
Sources
25- CVE-2016-10033Exploit
PHPMailer < 5.2.18 Remote Code Execution Exploit
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2016-10033, a remote code execution vulnerability in PHPMailer, demonstrating injection of additional sendmail parameters to write arbitrary PHP code.
Proof Of Concept for the CVE-2016-10033 (PHPMailer)
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