5.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2025-0431
Enterprise Protection URL Rewriting Remote Email Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Enterprise Protection contains a vulnerability in URL rewriting that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send an email which bypasses URL protections impacting the integrity of recipient's email. This occurs due to improper filtering of backslashes within URLs and affects all versions of 8.21, 8.20 and 8.18 prior to 8.21.0 patch 5115, 8.20.6 patch 5114 and 8.18.6 patch 5113 respectively.

INFO

Published Date :

March 19, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 19, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-0431 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Proofpoint enterprise_protection
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-0431.

URL Resource
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2025-0001

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-0431 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Enterprise Protection contains a vulnerability in URL rewriting that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send an email which bypasses URL protections impacting the integrity of recipient's email. This occurs due to improper filtering of backslashes within URLs and affects all versions of 8.21, 8.20 and 8.18 prior to 8.21.0 patch 5115, 8.20.6 patch 5114 and 8.18.6 patch 5113 respectively.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-790
    Added Reference https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2025-0001
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-0431 weaknesses.

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