CVE-2023-23566 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A 2-Step Verification problem in Axigen 10.3.3.52 allows an attacker to access a mailbox by bypassing 2-Step Verification when they try to add an account to any third-party webmail service (or add an account to Outlook or Gmail, etc.) with IMAP or POP3 without any verification code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00293.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Axigen	Axigen Mail Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:axigen:axigen_mail_server:10.3.3.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27666	A 2-Step Verification problem in Axigen 10.3.3.52 allows an attacker to access a mailbox by bypassing 2-Step Verification when they try to add an account to any third-party webmail service (or add an account to Outlook or Gmail, etc.) with IMAP or POP3 without any verification code.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/umz-cert/vulnerabilities/issues/1
https://github.com/umz-cert/vulnerabilitys/blob/patch-1/Axigen%20Mail%20Server%2010.3.3.52%202-Step%20verification
https://www.axigen.com/documentation/2-step-verification-two-factor-authentication-for-webmail-p69140479
https://www.axigen.com/mail-server/download/

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-276
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T15:33:54.064Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23566

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:32.987Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T04:15:09.377

Modified: 2025-04-07T16:15:22.377

Link: CVE-2023-23566

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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