CVE-2012-10046

E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance learn-msg.cgi Command Injection

9.3 CriticalPublic exploit

The E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance (ESVA) (tested on version ESVA_2057) contains an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in the learn-msg.cgi script. The CGI handler fails to sanitize user-supplied input passed via the id parameter, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands. Exploitation requires no authentication and results in full command execution on the underlying system.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

4.13%Up 3.6 points since Aug 9, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.3

E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance learn-msg.cgi Command Injection

Record: CVE-2012-10046
CVSS 4.0: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-6587 9.3

Record: EUVD-2012-6587
CVSS 4.0: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hhf2-fwjq-ffr3 9.3

The E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance (ESVA) (tested on version ESVA_2057) contains an...

Record: GHSA-hhf2-fwjq-ffr3
CVSS 4.0: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.3

Record: CVE-2012-10046
CVSS 4.0: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

esva-project e-mail security virtual appliance

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	E-Mail Security Virtual Appliance learn-msg.cgi Command Injection	2012-08-16

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 10, 2026	facts
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-10046 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Esva-project E-mail Security Virtual Appliance, published August 8, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.13%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.