CVE-2008-5619 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 58.6% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 58.64% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| roundcube | webmail |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Roundcube Webmail 0.2-3 Beta - Code Execution | 2008-12-22 |
| exploit-db | Roundcube Webmail 0.2b - Remote Code Execution | 2008-12-22 |
References
- http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
- http://osvdb.org/53893
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33145
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33170
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34789
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542
- http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148
- http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html
- http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
- http://osvdb.org/53893
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33145
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