The "XML Interface to Messaging, Scheduling, and Signaling" (XIMSS) protocol implementation in CommuniGate Pro (CGP) 6.2 suffers from a Miss
The "XML Interface to Messaging, Scheduling, and Signaling" (XIMSS) protocol implementation in CommuniGate Pro (CGP) 6.2 suffers from a Missing XIMSS Protocol Validation attack that leads to an email spoofing attack, allowing a malicious authenticated attacker to send a message from any source email address. The attack uses an HTTP POST request to a /Session URI, and interchanges the XML From and To elements.
- Published
- Jan 8, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 58th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| stalker | communigate pro | cpe:2.3:a:stalker:communigate_pro |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- stalker communigate pro6.2
Same product
stalker: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2006-0468CommuniGate Pro Core Server before 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code vi33Monitor
- CVE-2003-1481CommuniGate Pro 3.1 through 4.0.6 sends the session ID in the referer field for an HTTP request for an image, which allows remote attackers 24Monitor
- CVE-2000-1002POP3 daemon in Stalker CommuniGate Pro 3.3.2 generates different error messages for invalid usernames versus invalid passwords, which allows22Monitor
- CVE-2000-0634The web administration interface for CommuniGate Pro 3.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..22Monitor
- CVE-2005-1007Unknown vulnerability in the LIST functionality in CommuniGate Pro before 4.3c3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server21Monitor
- CVE-2002-2375Directory traversal vulnerability in CommuniGate Pro 4.0b4 and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to list the contents of the20Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);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)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
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