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Cisco Secure Email Gateway Email Filter Bypass (cisco-sa-esa-mailpol-bypass-5nVcJZMw)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 216585
Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Secure Email Gateway is affected by a vulnerability.- 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. (CVE-2025-20153)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwm82380See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 216585
File Name: cisco-sa-esa-mailpol-bypass-5nVcJZMw.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 2/21/2025
Updated: 2/21/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20153
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_appliance
Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-20153