FKIE_CVE-2026-23606

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-19 18:24 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:21
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
GFI MailEssentials AI versions prior to 22.4 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Advanced Content Filtering rule creation workflow. An authenticated user can supply HTML/JavaScript in the ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$pv1$txtRuleName parameter to /MailEssentials/pages/MailSecurity/advancedfiltering.aspx, which is stored and later rendered in the management interface, allowing script execution in the context of a logged-in user.
References
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-ai-advanced-content-filtering-rule-stored-xssThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gfi mailessentials *
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