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

- Also known as: GHSA-8PP6-5QPW-85G3
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.1
- Published: 2023-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Magnesium-PHP: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
- floriangaerber/magnesium (Packagist): fixed in 0.3.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Magnesium-PHP, floriangaerber/magnesium, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.1) per the references below.
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## References

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

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