CVE-2020-12713 json
An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise Gateway 1.0.1 through 4.7.1-0 and CipherMail Webmail Me…
published 2020-06-11 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-5001
- cvss
- 7.2
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.6%
- EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
2.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- coresecurity.com https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
References
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ciphermail.com
/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html
patch, vendor-advisory
-
packetstormsecurity.com
/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
coresecurity.com
/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities
exploit, third-party-advisory
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ciphermail.com
/news.html
release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
ciphermail.com
/gateway.html
product, vendor-advisory
-
ciphermail.com
/secure-webmail.html
product, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-12713
- NVD CVE-2020-12713
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