Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1252 · published 25 May 2005

CVE-2005-1252: Ipswitch imail vulnerability

Ipswitch · Imail

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Calendaring server in Ipswitch Imail 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..\" (dot dot backslash) sequences in the query string argument in a GET request to a non-existent .jsp file.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 12% · top 3.9%

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

2Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Imail Ipswitch

Imail Server Ipswitch

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=242&type=vulnerabilities	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=242&type=vulnerabilities	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1252), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.