CVE-2020-26942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue discovered in Axigen Mail Server 10.3.x before 10.3.1.27 and 10.3.2.x before 10.3.3.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to submit a setAdminPassword operation request, subsequently setting a new arbitrary password for the admin account.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00287.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:axigen:axigen_mail_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:axigen:axigen_mail_server::::::::

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Axigen Subscribe	Axigen Mail Server Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.axigen.com/knowledgebase/Axigen-WebAdmin-Authentication-Bypass-Vulnerability-CVE-2020-26942-_387.html

History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:axigen:axigen_mail_server:10.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:axigen:axigen_mail_server:10.3.2.0:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Axigen Axigen axigen Mail Server
Weaknesses		CWE-306
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:axigen:axigen_mail_server::::::::
Vendors & Products		Axigen Axigen axigen Mail Server

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:32:33.326Z

Reserved: 2020-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-26942

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:03:23.061Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-21T02:36:18.443

Modified: 2025-03-05T18:25:53.837

Link: CVE-2020-26942

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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