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SCA: security update for phpmailer/phpmailer (GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422198

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2020-13625)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422198

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13625

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13625

cwe: CWE-116