Mailgates
CVE-2020-25849
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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MailGates and MailAudit products contain Command Injection flaw, which can be used to inject and execute system commands from the cgi parameter after attackers obtain the user’s access token. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. MailGates and MailAudit products contain Command Injection flaw, which can be used to inject and execute system commands from the cgi parameter after attackers obtain the user’s access token. Affected products include: Openfind Mailaudit, Openfind Mailgates.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
MailGates and MailAudit products contain Command Injection flaw, which can be used to inject and execute system commands from the cgi parameter after attackers obtain the user’s access token.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The session cookie in MailGates and MailAudit from Openfind does not have the HttpOnly flag enabled, allowing remote att
Openfind MailGates contains a Command Injection flaw, when receiving email with specific strings, malicious code in the
Remote unauthenticated code execution in Openfind MailGates (5.0-6.0) and MailAudit (5.0-6.0) via stack-based buffer ove
CRLF Injection in Openfind MailGates/MailAudit allows remote unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary system files vi
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