CVE-2020-29547
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can...
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2020-29547- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2020-29547- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21913
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21913- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhj4-5383-37r2
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can...
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.
- Record
GHSA-xhj4-5383-37r2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-29547
An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29547- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-29547 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Citadel Webcit, published May 29, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
uncensored.citadel.org/msg/4576039
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29547
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhj4-5383-37r2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29547
nostarttls.secvuln.info
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29547