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Description

MailEnable versions prior to 10.54 contain a cleartext storage of credentials vulnerability that can lead to local credential compromise and account takeover. The product stores user and administrative passwords in plaintext within AUTH.TAB with overly permissive filesystem access. A local authenticated user with read access to this file can recover all user passwords and super-admin credentials, then use them to authenticate to MailEnable services such as POP3, SMTP, or the webmail interface, enabling unauthorized mailbox access and administrative control.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-15 | Published 2025-12-10 | Updated 2025-12-10 | Assigner VulnCheck




MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 10.54
affected

Credits

MushroomSecTeam (Spotify, AmirSUN, M30Brad, Hannah Green, av01t3x, PG) finder

References

mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt release-notes patch

www.mailenable.com/ product

www.vulncheck.com/...leartext-credential-storage-in-auth-tab third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-34427)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-34427)

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