CVE-2008-5619

html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

• CWE-94

• http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
• http://osvdb.org/53893
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33145
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33170Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34789
• http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148Exploit
• http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618Exploit
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419
• https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html
• http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
• http://osvdb.org/53893
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33145
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33170Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34789
• http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148Exploit
• http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618Exploit
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499489/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3418
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3419
• https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html

Published

Dec 17, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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