FKIE_CVE-2025-34490

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-04-28 19:15 - Updated: 2025-11-04 23:15
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
GFI MailEssentials prior to version 21.8 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. An authenticated and remote attacker can send crafted HTTP requests to read arbitrary system files.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2025/04/28/mailessentials.htmlExploit
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-security-solutions/mailessentials/resources/documentation/product-releasesRelease Notes
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gfi-mailessentials-xxe-arbitrary-file-read
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gfi mailessentials *
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