CVE-2005-4558
IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, does not properly restrict…
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Description
IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, does not properly restrict acceptable values for the language parameter to mail/settings.html before it is stored in a database, which can allow remote authenticated users to include arbitrary PHP code via a URL in a modified lang_settings parameter to mail/index.html.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Exploit-DB2 entries
- IceWarp Universal WebMail - '/mail/settings.html?Language' Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26982webapps, phppublished 27 Dec 2005Verified
- IceWarp Universal WebMail - '/mail/index.html?lang_settings' Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26983webapps, phppublished 27 Dec 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- visnetic-settings-file-include(23904) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17865 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17046 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1015412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20051227 Secunia Research: IceWarp Web Mail Multiple File (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 22081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-62/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051227 Secunia Research: IceWarp Web Mail Multiple File InclusionVulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-4553 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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