CVE-2016-10074: Swift Mailer mail transport Command Injection

critical Affects swiftmailer/swiftmailer. Feed 2026.10.28.3, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-17; advisory modified 2025-04-14.

Swift Mailer mail transport Command Injection

Package: swiftmailer/swiftmailer Composer
Affected versions: <5.4.5 or >=4.0.0 and <5.0.0 or >=5.0.0 and <5.4.5
Fixed in: 5.4.5
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 44% (98.7th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-17
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-77

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