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ghsa-56r4-vj3r-h3vv

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-04-20 03:50

Modified

2025-04-28 15:31

Severity ?

5.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-04-28T15:31:38Z",
  "published": "2025-04-20T03:50:41Z",
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CVE-2025-43919 (GCVE-0-2025-43919)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-04-20 00:00

Modified

2025-04-28 13:43

Severity ?

5.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'

Summary

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. NOTE: multiple third parties report that they are unable to reproduce this, regardless of whether cPanel or WHM is used.

References

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URL

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	https://code.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1
	https://github.com/0NYX-MY7H/CVE-2025-43919
	https://github.com/cpanel/mailman2-python3
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/21/6

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GNU	Mailman	Version: 2.1.39 <

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