Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20153Cisco ESA mail Bypass
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in Cisco Secure Email from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.0.0-69813.5.1-27713.0.0-39214.2.0-62013.0.5-00713.5.4-03814.2.1-02014.3.0-032 |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N