# CVE-2019-12925: Path traversal in n/a

> Authenticated users can exploit directory traversal to read or modify arbitrary files, potentially exposing credentials and emails.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5vwr-xg5f-pgg2

## What is CVE-2019-12925?

CVE-2019-12925 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 8 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

MailEnable Enterprise Premium 10.23 was vulnerable to multiple directory traversal issues, with which authenticated users could add, remove, or potentially read files in arbitrary folders accessible by the IIS user. This could lead to reading other users' credentials including those of SYSADMIN accounts, reading other users' emails, or adding emails or files to other users' accounts.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mailenable Mailenable.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-12925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-12925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mailenable Mailenable

- [CVE-2015-9280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9280/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-44148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44148/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12924/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9278](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9278/): MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9277/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-12925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-12925 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 8 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mailenable Mailenable. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12925

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12925/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.