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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-9278 · published 16 January 2019

CVE-2015-9278: Mailenable vulnerability

Mailenable · Mailenable

MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 2.5% · top 16.1% CWE-255 · CWE-255
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB after a password-change request.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabil ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/ Third Party Advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173628/http://www.mailenable.com/Standard-ReleaseNotes.txt Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.nccgroup.trust/globalassets/our-research/uk/technical-advisories/2015/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabil ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/our-research/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-mailenable/ Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-9278), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.