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CVE-2017-20187: Magnesium-PHP Base.php formatEmailString injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-11-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in Magnesium-PHP up to 0.3.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function formatEmailString of the file src/Magnesium/Message/Base.php. The manipulation of the argument email/name leads to injection. Upgrading to version 0.3.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 500d340e1f6421007413cc08a8383475221c2604. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-244482 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected products

• Magnesium-PHP: through 0.3.0

References

• https://github.com/floriangaerber/Magnesium-PHP/commit/500d340e1f6421007413cc08a8383475221c2604
• https://github.com/floriangaerber/Magnesium-PHP/releases/tag/v0.3.1
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244482
• https://vuldb.com/?id.244482
• https://github.com/floriangaerber/Magnesium-PHP/commit/500d340e1f6421007413cc08a8383475221c2604
• https://github.com/floriangaerber/Magnesium-PHP/releases/tag/v0.3.1
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.244482
• https://vuldb.com/?id.244482

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