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Closed 2 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

#55187 closed task (blessed) (fixed)

Update PHPMailer to 6.5.4

Reported by: jrf's profile jrf Owned by: sergeybiryukov's profile SergeyBiryukov
Milestone: 6.0 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 6.0
Component: External Libraries Keywords: needs-patch php81 php82 add-to-field-guide
Focuses: Cc:

Description

PHPMailer 6.5.4 has just been released. It includes some minor PHP cross-version improvements and a safeguard against hosters disabling security functions.

The version included with WP should be updated.

Full details:

I've reviewed the diff and the changes look sensible to me, so I would recommend an update at the earliest convenience.

Previously: #53430, #53953, #54514

Change History (3)

#1 @SergeyBiryukov
2 years ago

  • Owner set to SergeyBiryukov
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 52749:

External Libraries: Upgrade PHPMailer to version 6.5.4.

The latest release includes some minor PHP cross-version improvements and a safeguard against hosters disabling security functions. Note to hosting providers: don't disable escapeshellarg() and escapeshellcmd(); it's not safe!

Release notes:
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.5.4

For a full list of changes in this update, see the PHPMailer GitHub:
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/compare/v6.5.3...v6.5.4

Follow-up to [50628], [50799], [51169], [51634], [51635], [52252].

Props jrf, Synchro.
Fixes #55187.

#2 @milana_cap
2 years ago

  • Keywords needs-dev-note added

Marking for dev note but really needs only mentioning in Field guide.

#3 @milana_cap
2 years ago

  • Keywords add-to-field-guide added; needs-dev-note removed
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