Restrict additional command line flags by default in mail().
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Description
Description
For security reasons, disable additional unsafe command line flags from being passed to sendmail via the mail() function by default.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the PHP mail() entry point and trace how it passes arguments to sendmail; the issue does not name a source file or test. Determine which additional command-line flags are unsafe and confirm that they are disabled by default, with coverage in the relevant mail() tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, php
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100