CVE-2025-20153
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-284 · Improper access control
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 13.0.0-392
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 13.0.5-007
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 13.5.1-277
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 13.5.4-038
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 14.0.0-698
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 14.2.0-620
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 14.2.1-020
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway 14.3.0-032
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
