CVE-2025-43919

GNU Mailman 2.1.39, as bundled in cPanel (and WHM), allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via ../ directory traversal at /mailman/private/mailman (aka the private archive authentication endpoint) via the username parameter.

CVSS v3 5.8 MEDIUM

5.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://code.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1	Product
https://github.com/0NYX-MY7H/CVE-2025-43919	Exploit Third Party Advisory Mitigation

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Apr 2025, 16:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) GNU Mailman 2.1.39, tal como se incluye en cPanel (y WHM), permite a atacantes no autenticados leer archivos arbitrarios a través de directory traversal ../ en /mailman/private/mailman (también conocido como el endpoint de autenticación de archivo privado) mediante el parámetro de nombre de usuario.
References	~~() https://code.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1 -~~	() https://code.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1 - Product
References	~~() https://github.com/0NYX-MY7H/CVE-2025-43919 -~~	() https://github.com/0NYX-MY7H/CVE-2025-43919 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation
First Time		Gnu mailman Gnu
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman::::::::
CWE		CWE-22

20 Apr 2025, 01:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-04-20 01:15

Updated : 2025-04-24 16:22

NVD link : CVE-2025-43919

Mitre link : CVE-2025-43919

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-43919

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

mailman

CWE

CWE-24

Path Traversal: '../filedir'

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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