CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-52691
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
SmarterTools SmarterMail Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability — SmarterTools SmarterMail
SmarterTools SmarterMail contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to any location on the mail server, potentially enabling remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-01-26
- Remediation due
- 2026-02-16
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/release-notes/current ; https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2025-124/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52691
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-12-29
- Last modified
- 2026-10-07
- Assigner
- 5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4
- CVSS 3.1 (5f57b9bf-260d-4433-bf07-b6a79e9bb7d4)
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to any location on the mail server, potentially enabling remote code execution.
Affected configurations
• smartertools smartermail (< 100.0.9413)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2025-124/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-SmarterMail-CVE-2025-52691?ref=labs.watchtowr.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-52691 US Government Resource