SCA: security update for phpmailer/phpmailer (GHSA-8jc3-5p29-qgjx)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434362

Description

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

- Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in ATutor 1.5.3.2 allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) section parameter in (a) documentation/common/frame_toc.php and
(b) documentation/common/search.php, the (2) req_lang parameter in documentation/common/search.php and (c)
documentation/common/vitals.inc.php, the (3) row[dir_name] parameter in (d)
include/classes/module/module.class.php, and the (4) lang_path parameter in (e)
include/classes/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php. NOTE: the print.php vector is already covered by
CVE-2005-3404. (CVE-2006-5734)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jc3-5p29-qgjx

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434362

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-5734

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5734

BID: 20634