CVE-2026-23620 (GCVE-0-2026-23620)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 18:00 – Updated: 2026-02-19 19:24
VLAI?
Title
GFI MailEssentials AI < 22.4 ListServer.IsDbExist() Absolute Directory Traversal to File Enumeration
Summary
GFI MailEssentials AI versions prior to 22.4 contain an arbitrary file existence enumeration vulnerability in the ListServer.IsDBExist() web method exposed at /MailEssentials/pages/MailSecurity/ListServer.aspx/IsDBExist. An authenticated user can supply an unrestricted filesystem path via the JSON key \"path\", which is URL-decoded and passed to File.Exists(), allowing the attacker to determine whether arbitrary files exist on the server.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GFI Software MailEssentials AI Affected: 0 , < 22.4 (semver)
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Credits
Alex Williams from Pellera Technologies VulnCheck
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