CVE-2020-25848
HGiga MailSherlock - Broken Authentication
HGiga MailSherlock contains weak authentication flaw that attackers grant privilege remotely with default password generation mechanism.
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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
HGiga MailSherlock - Broken Authentication
HGiga MailSherlock contains weak authentication flaw that attackers grant privilege remotely with default password generation mechanism.
- Record
CVE-2020-25848- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-18481
HGiga MailSherlock contains weak authentication flaw that attackers grant privilege remotely with default password generation mechanism.
- Record
EUVD-2020-18481- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qf9m-hx8v-j382 No score
HGiga MailSherlock contains weak authentication flaw that attackers grant privilege remotely with...
HGiga MailSherlock contains weak authentication flaw that attackers grant privilege remotely with default password generation mechanism.
- Record
GHSA-qf9m-hx8v-j382- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
HGiga MailSherlock contains weak authentication flaw that attackers grant privilege remotely with default password generation mechanism.
- Record
CVE-2020-25848- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- hgiga mailsherlock msr45/ssr45
- hgiga msr45 isherlock-antispam
- hgiga msr45 isherlock-audit
- hgiga msr45 isherlock-base
- hgiga msr45 isherlock-user
- hgiga msr45 isherlock-useradmin
- hgiga ssr45 isherlock-antispam
- hgiga ssr45 isherlock-audit
- hgiga ssr45 isherlock-base
- hgiga ssr45 isherlock-user
- hgiga ssr45 isherlock-useradmin
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-25848 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Hgiga Mailsherlock Msr45/ssr45, published December 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.67%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.