CVE-2020-12713

high

Description

An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise Gateway 1.0.1 through 4.7.1-0 and CipherMail Webmail Messenger 1.1.1 through 3.1.1-0. Attackers with administrative access to the web interface have multiple options to escalate their privileges to the Unix root account.

References

https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities

https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html

https://www.ciphermail.com/news.html

https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html

https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-06-11

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03281