CVE-2011-3579

Exp

server/webmail.php in IceWarp WebMail in IceWarp Mail Server before 10.3.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, and possibly send HTTP requests to intranet servers or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption), via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.

Published: 2011-09-30 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-3579 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.78%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-3579

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36165 exploit_db edb 2011-09-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3579

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 8.34% 4.78% -3.56%
2 2026-06-09 8.90% 8.34% -0.56%
3 2026-03-04 8.90%

Full EPSS history (54 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3579

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3579

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3579

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icewarp mail_server <= 10.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 9.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:9.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 9.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:9.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 9.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 9.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:9.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icewarp mail_server 10.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:mail_server:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3579

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