CVE-2025-43919

April 20, 2025, 1:15 a.m.

5.8
Medium

Description

GNU Mailman 2.1.39, as bundled in cPanel (and WHM), allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via ../ directory traversal at /mailman/private/mailman (aka the private archive authentication endpoint) via the username parameter.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Gnu
  • Mailman
  • 2.1.39, *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-24
Path Traversal: '../filedir'
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a gnu mailman 2.1.39 / / / / / / /
a gnu mailman / / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

5.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Timeline

Published: April 20, 2025, 1:15 a.m.
Last Modified: April 20, 2025, 1:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@mitre.org

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