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GHSA-9PPW-7P8W-H9G2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-19 18:32 – Updated: 2025-02-19 18:32

Details

This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email that passes through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass email filters on the affected device.

Severity ?

5.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2025-20153 (GCVE-0-2025-20153)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-19 16:06 – Updated: 2025-02-19 16:19

Title

Cisco ESA mail Bypass

Summary

A vulnerability in the email filtering mechanism of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured rules and allow emails that should have been denied to flow through an affected device.   This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email that passes through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass email filters on the affected device.

Severity ?

5.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

cisco

References

URL

Tags

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/c…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Cisco	Cisco Secure Email	Affected: 14.0.0-698 Affected: 13.5.1-277 Affected: 13.0.0-392 Affected: 14.2.0-620 Affected: 13.0.5-007 Affected: 13.5.4-038 Affected: 14.2.1-020 Affected: 14.3.0-032 Affected: 15.0.0-104 Affected: 15.0.1-030 Affected: 15.5.0-048 Affected: 15.5.1-055 Affected: 15.5.2-018 Affected: 16.0.0-050 Affected: 15.0.3-002

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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