CVE-2020-29547

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Published May 29, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:citadel:webcit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.753% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://uncensored.citadel.org/dotgoto?room=Citadel%20Security
http://uncensored.citadel.org/msg/4576039

History

Jan 14, 2025 6:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Citadel Webcit

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 14, 2025, 5:52 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 29, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 14, 2025, 5:52 PM
Reserved: Dec 4, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:55 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:55 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:11 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 29, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:11 AM

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