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TI-2008-05329 Aliases CVE-2008-5619GHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q

html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10…

Priority HIGH 77CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.58637 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed phpmailer/phpmailer (Packagist): 5.2.10

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—phpmailer/phpmailer (Packagist)before 5.2.105.2.10Patch availableGHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • phpmailer/phpmailer (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 5.2.10 Fixed in 5.2.10 Patch available GHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:0.2.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.1 alphaVulnerableRoundcube
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:0.2.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.3 betaVulnerableRoundcube
  • cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:0.2.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.1 alpha Vulnerable ·Roundcube
  • cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:0.2.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.3 beta Vulnerable ·Roundcube

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q phpmailer/phpmailer (Packagist) Fixed in 5.2.10 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5619
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q

References

Exploit 4

Advisory 4

Other 7

  • TI-2025-31204 Deserialization of untrusted data in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2021-19778 Roundcube before 1.3.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 is prone to a potential SQL injection via search or search_params. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-10051 rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-28025 A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2017-12250 Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2025-41994 Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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