CVE-2007-2188

Exp

eXtremail 2.1.1 and earlier does not verify the ID field (aka transaction id) in DNS responses, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS spoofing.

Published: 2007-04-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2188 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.37%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2188

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2188

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 2026-06-15 1.08% 2.37% +1.29%
2 2026-05-18 0.88% 1.08% +0.20%
3 2025-12-11 0.88%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2188

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2188

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2188

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
extremail extremail 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2188

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