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Improper Access Control

CVE-2025-68721

Severity High
Score 8.1/10

Summary

Axigen Mail Server before 10.5.57 contains an improper access control vulnerability in the WebAdmin interface. A delegated admin account with zero permissions can bypass access control checks and gain unauthorized access to the SSL Certificates management endpoint (page=sslcerts). This allows the attacker to view, download, upload, and delete SSL certificate files, despite lacking the necessary privileges to access the Security & Filtering section.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published