I think...phpmailer 5.5 should be get an update ASAP

The version 5.5 of PHPMailer is part of the newest release and it should be updated! There is a SECURITY issue …

SECURITY Fixes CVE-2020-36326, a regression of CVE-2018-19296 object injection introduced in 6.1.8, see SECURITY.md for details

See Releases · PHPMailer/PHPMailer · GitHub

…for details.

Thanks for reporting. Kirby 3.5.5 has the latest version of phpMailer.

Sure? I have downloaded 3.5.5 and if I open the file phpmailer.php from /vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php … I see in the comments header Version 5.5 (!)


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  • PHPMailer - PHP email creation and transport class.
  • PHP Version 5.5.

Yes, i’m sure. It is not the phpMailer version. This is the lowest php version that phpMailer supports.

Here installed phpMailer version of Kirby:

Ok - I have checked the code base of the current version against the version that comes with Kirby 3.5.5 and you’re right. It’s the newest one. :slight_smile: The 5.5 was the PHP version, my mistake. Sorry!

Better once too much reported than too little :slight_smile:

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I understand your concerns. Please don’t worry, security issues in dependencies are automatically reported. In addition, we always check manually before each new release.

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