CVE-2025-20153

Published Feb 19, 2025

Last updated 4 days ago

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the email filtering mechanism of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured rules and allow emails that should have been denied to flow through an affected device.   This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email that passes through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass email filters on the affected device.
Source
psirt@cisco.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.8
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@cisco.com
CWE-284

Social media

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Hype score

1