Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessSend email with script in From display name
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DeliveryPayload stored unescaped in conversation view
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ExploitRecipient opens mailbox folder
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ExecutionScript executes in victim session
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ImpactSteal mailbox content or redirect
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must be able to deliver an email to a target Axigen WebMail user with HTML and script embedded in the From display name; no attacker authentication is required (PR:N). Exploitation then requires victim interaction (UI:P): the recipient must open the folder/conversation view, at which point the unescaped display name executes. It is limited to Axigen Mail Server WebMail versions before 10.6.39 and before 10.7.1 - patched builds escape the display name - and impact is confined to the victim's authenticated webmail session (mailbox theft or redirection), not the server itself. |
| Impact | This is a mid-severity stored XSS (CVSS 4.0 base 5.3, CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P) whose practical risk sits below its network-reachable profile. The attack vector is network and requires no attacker privileges (PR:N), meaning any outsider who can send email to a target can plant the payload - but execution hinges on victim interaction (UI:P): the recipient must open the folder/conversation view in Axigen WebMail. Impact is confined to the subsequent system (the victim's authenticated webmail session): VC/VI/VA are N while SC:L/SI:L capture limited confidentiality and integrity impact (mailbox content theft, redirection), with no availability impact. No EPSS score is provided in the input, and the CVE is NOT listed in CISA KEV, so there is no signal of active or widespread exploitation. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' - a routine-patch priority, not act_now or emergency. Reported by VulnCheck, which has published an advisory reference, but the input does not mark a confirmed working PoC. Net: a legitimate issue worth patching on a normal cadence rather than a drop-everything emergency; the combination of unauthenticated injection but mandatory user interaction and session-only impact keeps real-world risk moderate. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker sends the victim an ordinary-looking email in which the From display name contains HTML and script. When the recipient opens the mailbox folder in Axigen WebMail, the unescaped display name renders in the conversation view and the script executes in the victim's authenticated session, allowing theft of mailbox contents or redirection. Execution requires the victim to view the folder (UI:P); the input marks no confirmed working exploit code, only a VulnCheck advisory reference. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in Axigen Mail Server WebMail (versions before 10.6.39 and before 10.7.1) lets an unauthenticated remote attacker embed HTML and script in the From display name of an email; the payload executes when the victim opens the affected folder/conversation view. Successful exploitation is confined to the victim's authenticated webmail session, enabling mailbox content theft or redirection rather than server compromise. CVSS 4.0 base is 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P), reflecting that victim interaction is required; no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) and no verified working exploit code were identified at time of analysis, and the maintainer-advisory references indicate the flaw is fixed in 10.6.39 and 10.7.1.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Axigen 10.6.39 or 10.7.1, which escape the sender display name in the conversation view; consult the vendor advisory at https://www.axigen.com/kb/show/411 and the release notes at https://www.axigen.com/updates/axigen-10.6.39 and https://www.axigen.com/updates/axigen-10.7.1. Where upgrading cannot happen immediately, the exposure is bounded by the delivery-to-render chain: restricting which external senders can reach WebMail users (for example holding mail from untrusted sources at the gateway or limiting inbound mail to known correspondents) reduces the chance a crafted display name reaches a victim's folder, at the cost of blocking legitimate correspondence, and prompting users not to open conversation folders containing unexpected mail limits victim interaction but relies on user behavior and is not a complete fix. No public exploit code was confirmed, but the underlying weakness is straightforward and the maintainer references should be treated as the authoritative fix path.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The issue is CWE-79 (improper neutralization of input during web page generation - cross-site scripting) in the Axigen WebMail conversation view. Axigen is a mail server whose webmail front end renders message metadata, including the sender's From display name, in a conversation/folder listing. The affected builds do not escape that display name before placing it in HTML output, so markup delivered inside an email header becomes live content. Because the injected script runs in the origin of the victim's authenticated WebMail session, its scope is the mailbox in the browser: reading mail content, exfiltrating data to an attacker-controlled destination, or redirecting the session. The CVSS 4.0 vector records AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N - network-reachable, no attacker authentication - with UI:P requiring the recipient to open the folder view, and subsequent-system impacts limited to confidentiality and integrity (SC:L/SI:L/SA:N), consistent with the independent assessment's CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The server-side components are not described as directly exploitable by this flaw; the trigger mechanics beyond opening the conversation view are not further detailed in the available sources.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Unauthenticated attacker sends the payload (AV:N/PR:N) but the victim must open the folder (UI:R); script runs in the browser beyond the vulnerable component (S:C) with limited C/I and no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Axigen Mail Server WebMail before 10.6.39 and 10.7.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject script via unescaped sender display names in the conversation view. Attackers can send an email with HTML and script in the From display name that executes when the recipient opens the folder, enabling mailbox content theft or redirection.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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