# CVE-2024-3195: MailCleaner Admin Endpoints path traversal

> Remote attackers with permissions can exploit path traversal in MailCleaner admin endpoints to read or modify arbitrary files.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fj75-q86h-2r5g

## What is CVE-2024-3195?

CVE-2024-3195 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in MailCleaner, published on 29 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in MailCleaner up to 2023.03.14. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Admin Endpoints. The manipulation leads to path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-262311.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3195?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mailcleaner Mailcleaner.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3195?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3195 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3195 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3195 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in MailCleaner

- [CVE-2024-3191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3191/): MailCleaner Email os command injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-3193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3193/): MailCleaner Admin Endpoints os command injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-20323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20323/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1010246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1010246/): Information disclosure in MailCleaner (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-3196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3196/): MailCleaner SOAP Service dumpConfiguration os command injection (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3195 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3195 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in MailCleaner, published on 29 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3195 exists.

Affected product: MailCleaner. 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-2024-3195/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3195/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3195
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3195
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3195

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3195/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.