CVE-2020-5239

HIGH

Mailu < 1.7 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Fetchmail Script

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Mailu before version 1.7, an authenticated user can exploit a vulnerability in Mailu fetchmail script and gain full access to a Mailu instance. Mailu servers that have open registration or untrusted users are most impacted. The master and 1.7 branches are patched on our git repository. All Docker images published on docker.io/mailu for tags 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and master are patched. For detailed instructions about patching and securing the server afterwards, see https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/issues/1354

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/security/advisories/GHSA-2467-p5gv-58q6
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu/issues/1354

Scores

CVSS v3 8.7
EPSS 0.0089
EPSS Percentile 54.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
mailu/mailu < 1.7
Published Feb 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026