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bbs-go through 4.4.6 Improper TLS Certificate Validation in SMTP Email Service

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • bbs-go <= 4.4.6

CWE
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS
8.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
George Chen
Description
bbs-go through 4.4.6 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows network-positioned attackers to intercept SMTP traffic because sendEmail() sets InsecureSkipVerify to true. Attackers can present any certificate to capture SMTP PLAIN auth credentials and read or modify outgoing password-reset and verification emails.

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