CVE-2008-5619
Description
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.
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Key data
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
- Score
- 0.58637 (58.6% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.1%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.
- mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
- 7549 (exploit-db.com)exploit
- 7553 (exploit-db.com)exploit
- FEDORA-2008-11234 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-3418 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea…
- trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148
- 53893 (osvdb.org)vdb-entry
- sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542
- 34789 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-3419 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618
- FEDORA-2008-11220 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081212 CVE Request - roundcubemail (openwall.com)mailing-list
- 33170 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 33145 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 20081222 POC for CVE-2008-5619 (roundcubemail PHP arbitrary code injection) (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
Timeline
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- Record published
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