CVE-2012-0811: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Postfix Admin (aka postfixadmin) before 2.3.5 allow remote authenticated users to execute…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 77.3% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: postfixadmin (Debian:12) 2.3.5-1; postfixadmin (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 3.0-1.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to postfixadmin (Debian:12) 2.3.5-1; postfixadmin (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 3.0-1.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Postfix Admin (aka postfixadmin) before 2.3.5 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the pw parameter to the pacrypt function, when mysql_encrypt is configured, or (2) unspecified vectors that are used in backup files generated by backup.php.
- Published
- Oct 1, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 77th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-89
Report tools
Action score
27
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.6%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| postfix | postfix | cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix |
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- postfix postfixup to 2.3.4 inclusive
- postfix postfix2.0.0
- postfix postfix2.0.1
- postfix postfix2.0.10
- postfix postfix2.0.11
- postfix postfix2.0.12
- postfix postfix2.0.13
- postfix postfix2.0.14
+12 more rows
- postfix postfix2.0.15
- postfix postfix2.0.16
- postfix postfix2.0.17
- postfix postfix2.0.18
- postfix postfix2.0.19
- postfix postfix2.0.2
- postfix postfix2.0.3
- postfix postfix2.0.4
- postfix postfix2.0.5
- postfix postfix2.0.6
- postfix postfix2.0.7
- postfix postfix2.0.8
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | postfixadmin | before 2.3.5-1 | 2.3.5-1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | postfixadmin | before 3.0-1.1 | 3.0-1.1 |
Same product
postfix: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2011-0411The STARTTLS implementation in Postfix 2.4.x before 2.4.16, 2.5.x before 2.5.12, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, and 2.7.x before 2.7.3 does not…32Monitor
- CVE-2017-10140Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by…31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2008-4977Nov 6, 2008 · postfix_groups.pl in Postfix 2.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1)…27Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2009-2939Sep 21, 2009 · The postfix.postinst script in the Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu postfix 2.5.5 package grants the postfix user write access to…27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2020-12063Apr 24, 2020 · A certain Postfix 2.10.1-7 package could allow an attacker to send an email from an arbitrary-looking sender via a homoglyph attack, as…21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:postfixadmin | 2.3.5-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:postfixadmin | 3.0-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Root cause
The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-89 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const owner = req.query.owner;
const rows = await db.query(
"SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'"
);Fixed
const owner = req.query.owner;
const rows = await db.query(
"SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",
[owner]
);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Expanding Control over the Operating System from the DatabaseCAPEC-470Very High
- SQL InjectionCAPEC-66likelihood: High · High
- Blind SQL InjectionCAPEC-7likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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