High severity · published Aug 17, 2021
CVE-2020-29548
An issue was discovered in SmarterTools SmarterMail through 100.0.7537
8.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in SmarterTools SmarterMail through 100.0.7537. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after a POP3 STLS command, injecting plaintext commands into an encrypted user session.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SM
Smartermail · Smartertools
through 100.0.7537 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29548
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29548
Third Party Advisory
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/
Release Notes
https://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/release-notes/current
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