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CVE-2021-31987 (GCVE-0-2021-31987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-05 21:46 – Updated: 2024-11-08 08:20
VLAI
Summary
A user controlled parameter related to SMTP test functionality is not correctly validated making it possible to bypass blocked network recipients.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1286 - Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Axis Communications AB AXIS OS Affected: AXIS OS 5.51 or later
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