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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2005-4558 json

IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, does not properly restrict acce…

published 2005-12-28 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4553

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.5%
EPSS 8.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, does not properly restrict acceptable values for the language parameter to mail/settings.html before it is stored in a database, which can allow remote authenticated users to include arbitrary PHP code via a URL in a modified lang_settings parameter to mail/index.html.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26983)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26983 IceWarp Universal WebMail - '/mail/index.html?lang_settings' Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2005-12-27
  • EDB-26982 IceWarp Universal WebMail - '/mail/settings.html?Language' Local File Inclusion webapps, 2005-12-27
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/17046 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16069 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-62/advisory/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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