class.phpmailer.php in the PHPMailer library, as used in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.16, 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 and other products, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary e-mail headers via vectors involving a crafted (1) From: or (2) Sender: header
Published Jul 17, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.68%
Description
class.phpmailer.php in the PHPMailer library, as used in Moodle 1.9.x before 1.9.16, 2.0.x before 2.0.7, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 and other products, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary e-mail headers via vectors involving a crafted (1) From: or (2) Sender: header.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
- 1.9.7
- 1.9.8
- 1.9.9
- 1.9.10
- 1.9.11
- 1.9.12
- 1.9.13
- 1.9.14
- 1.9.15
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01677) | 76.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01677) | 73.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 57.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 53.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 50.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194015 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=commit&h=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194015 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=commit&h=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9 | ||
| https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j | ||
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796 |
Change history (0)
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