🛡️ CVE-2016-10074 — swiftmailer

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-77 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Swift Mailer mail transport Command Injection

The mail transport (aka Swift_Transport_MailTransport) in Swift Mailer before 5.4.5 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted e-mail address in the (1) From, (2) ReturnPath, or (3) Sender header.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2016-10074 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2016-10074 is recorded against 1 package.

  • swiftmailer/swiftmailer (fixed in 5.4.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 14 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
legalhackers.com (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
packetstormsecurity.com (Web)
seclists.org (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-77
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-04-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
swiftmailer/swiftmailer — 5.4.5

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