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libphp-phpmailer — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libphp-phpmailer
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.6-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-13625
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13625
libphp-phpmailer
Fixed versions: 6.1.6-1
libphp-phpmailer
Fixed versions: 6.1.6-1
libphp-phpmailer
Fixed versions: 6.1.6-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 451238,
"published_at": "2020-06-08T17:15:10.097+00:00"
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