CVE-2001-1286

Ipswitch IMail 7.04 and earlier stores a user's session ID in a URL, which could allow remote attackers to hijack sessions by obtaining the URL, e.g. via an HTML email that causes the Referrer to be sent to a URL under the attacker's control.

Published: 2001-10-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1286 is rated Moderate Risk (40.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1286

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-23 0.67% 0.11% -0.56%
2 2025-03-30 0.77% 0.67% -0.10%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.77% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1286

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1286

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1286

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch imail 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1286

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