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SCA: security update for zetacomponents/mail (GHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432836

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The send function in the ezcMailMtaTransport class in Zeta Components Mail before 1.8.2 does not properly
 restrict the set of characters used in the ezcMail returnPath property, which might allow remote attackers
 to execute arbitrary code via a crafted email address, as demonstrated by one containing
 "-X/path/to/wwwroot/file.php." (CVE-2017-15806)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgr8-g756-vmg9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432836

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15806

BID: 101866

cwe: CWE-94