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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-11182

Stored XSS vulnerability in MDaemon Email Server

MDaemon / Email Server · 0 to <= 24.5.0

Severity
CVSS 5.3 · Medium
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
17.1%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2024-11182 is an unauthenticated Stored XSS vulnerability in MDaemon Email Server. An XSS issue was discovered in MDaemon Email Server before version 24.5.1c. An attacker can send an HTML e-mail message with...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

MDaemon / Email Server 0 to <= 24.5.0.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

An XSS issue was discovered in MDaemon Email Server before version 24.5.1c

An XSS issue was discovered in

MDaemon Email Server before version 24.5.1c. An attacker can send an HTML e-mail message with JavaScript in an img tag. This could allow a remote attacker

to load arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of a webmail user's browser window.

Vendor Product Affected Status
MDaemon Email Server Through 24.5.0 Affected
MDaemon Email Server 24.5.1 Unaffected
Published
15 Nov 2024
Exploitation Reported
21 May 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction

Tags

cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 21 May 2025

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2025-05-21 13:10 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:07 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

EPSS

17.1%

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 5.3 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 6.1 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Free JSON includes basic KEV fields
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-11182",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 5.3,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.17105,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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