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CVE-2020-13625
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.8%, top 11% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation4% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 88.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 8, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libphp-phpmailer (5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u2build0.18.04.1) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libphp-phpmailer (5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmailer/phpmailer | v5.2.10 ... v6.1.5 (45 versions) | 6.1.6 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
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