$ cve CVE-2005-4558 JSON

CVE-2005-4558 EXPLOIT

6.5

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.5% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, as used by Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server version 8.3.0 build 1, does not properly restrict acceptable values for the language parameter to mail/settings.html before it is stored in a database, which can allow remote authenticated users to include arbitrary PHP code via a URL in a modified lang_settings parameter to mail/index.html.

Scoring

CVSS	6.5 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	8.49% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2005-12-28
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
deerfield	visnetic mail server
icewarp	web mail
merak	mail server

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	IceWarp Universal WebMail - '/mail/settings.html?Language' Local File Inclusion	2005-12-27
exploit-db	IceWarp Universal WebMail - '/mail/index.html?lang_settings' Remote File Inclusion	2005-12-27

References

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