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CVE-2024-11182

MDaemon Email Server Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 5.3EPSS 17.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 June 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in MDaemon Email Server before version 24.5.1c. An attacker can send an HTML e-mail message with JavaScript in an img tag. This could allow a remote attacker to load arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of a webmail user's browser window.

CVSS 4.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
17.71% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 19 May 2025 · due 9 June 2025
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
mdaemon/mdaemon
Source
security@eset.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://files.mdaemon.com/mdaemon/beta/RelNotes_en.html ; https://mdaemon.com/pages/downloads-critical-updates ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11182

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.