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phpmailer/phpmailer: vulnerability history, versions and safety
phpmailer/phpmailer is a package in the Packagist ecosystem. Vulert records 14 vulnerabilities for it across 52 releases, from Mar 2020 to Feb 2024. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.
Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.
No published version shipped hostile code.
Vulert verdict on phpmailer/phpmailer i
Updated on 23 Oct 2026
Every vulnerability Vulert records for this package has a fix, and the newest was recorded 02 Feb 2024. Apply the fixes listed below and you are clear.
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- Vulnerabilities on record 14 over 3 years · 0 in the last year i
- Latest disclosure 02 Feb 2024 i
- Highest CVSS 9.8 i
- With no published fix 0 i
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01 Versions
Which versions are affected
Every version Vulert holds for phpmailer/phpmailer, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.
Newest 52 of 52 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.
02 Disclosure history
How often vulnerabilities are recorded
Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 14 were recorded in the last 12 months.
03 Vulnerabilities
Recorded vulnerabilities for phpmailer/phpmailer
| Vulnerability | Severity | Fixed version ↓ | Disclosed ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-10045: Remote Code Execution in PHPMailer | 9.8 critical | 5.2.20 | 05 Mar 2020 |
| CVE-2020-36326: Object Injection in PHPMailer/PHPMailer | 9.8 critical | 6.4.1 | 04 May 2021 |
| CVE-2016-10033: Remote Code Execution in PHPMailer | 9.8 critical | 5.2.18 | 05 Mar 2020 |
| CVE-2018-19296: Phar object injection in PHPMailer | 8.8 high | 5.2.27 | 05 Mar 2020 |
| CVE-2021-34551: Remote Code Execution vulnerability in PHPMailer 6.4.1 running on Windows | 8.1 high | 6.5.0 | 22 Jun 2021 |
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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315
