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Exim < 4.98.1 SQL injection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216608

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Synopsis

The remote mail server is potentially affected by a SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Description

Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Exim 4.98.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2025-26794.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216608

File Name: exim_4_98_1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Published: 2/21/2025

Updated: 9/29/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-26794

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:exim:exim

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26794

IAVA: 2025-A-0206