nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0431 CVE-2025-0431
MEDIUM
Enterprise Protection Backslash URL Rewrite Bypass
Record summary
CVE-2025-0431 has a selected CVSS score of 5.8 (medium).
Description
Enterprise Protection contains a vulnerability in URL rewriting that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send an email which bypasses URL protections impacting the integrity of recipient's email. This occurs due to improper filtering of backslashes within URLs and affects all versions of 8.21, 8.20 and 8.18 prior to 8.21.0 patch 5115, 8.20.6 patch 5114 and 8.18.6 patch 5113 respectively.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
CISA SSVC decision
ExploitationNone
AutomatableYes
Technical impactPartial
CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Mar 19, 2025 · Source: CVE List
Affected products and versions
1| Product | Source | Version range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Enterprise ProtectionBrowse Proofpoint / Enterprise ProtectionDefault status: affected | CVE List | 8.18.6 to < patch 5113 | affected |
| 8.20.6 to < patch 5114 | affected | ||
| 8.21.0 to < patch 5115 | affected |
References
2proofpoint.com
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2025-0001