An issue in HSC Cybersecurity HC Mailinspector 5.2.17-3 through 5.2.18 allows a regular user account to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access by changing the type parameter from 1 to 0.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-32371 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.73%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-11-21 | 0.50% | 0.73% | +0.23% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 0.73% | 0.50% | -0.23% |
| 3 | 2025-09-26 | — | 0.73% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| hsclabs | mailinspector | >= 5.2.17-3, < 5.2.19 | cpe:2.3:a:hsclabs:mailinspector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html | Not Applicable |
| https://github.com/chucrutis/CVE-2024-32371 | Exploit |