{"id":3103,"date":"2017-01-18T16:08:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T23:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2017-01-18T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T23:08:53","slug":"phpmailer-security-bug-affects-various-versions-of-zen-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/phpmailer-security-bug-affects-various-versions-of-zen-cart\/","title":{"rendered":"PHPMailer security bug affects various versions of Zen Cart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/software-762486_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/software-762486_960_720.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/software-762486_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/software-762486_960_720-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/software-762486_960_720-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/software-762486_960_720-624x437.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHP is an open-source scripting language embedded into website HTML, and PHPMailer is a popular component for handling tasks such as email submission and registration forms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the PHPMailer project received reports of a security bug, which could endanger Zen Cart sites using previous versions* of PHPMailer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bug is suspected to allow malicious users to send unauthorized email through unprotected versions of PHPMailer, and with an estimated 9 million people using this component, this is a worrying concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is that Numinix can patch your system for a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/services-zen-cart-services-web-programming-c-179_250_249\/zen-cart-hourly-programming-design-sv-782\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one-hour charge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, you can upgrade to version <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.5.5d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using our Zen cart upgrade service.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/custom_quote.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* Versions older than the patched version released Dec 26, 2016<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHP is an open-source scripting language embedded into website HTML, and PHPMailer is a popular component for handling tasks such as email submission and registration forms. Recently, the PHPMailer project received reports of a security bug, which could endanger Zen Cart sites using previous versions* of PHPMailer. 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