CVE-2005-1252 — Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Calendaring server in Ipswitch Imail 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..\" (dot dot backslash) sequences in the query string argument in a GET request to a non-existent .jsp file

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Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Calendaring server in Ipswitch Imail 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..\" (dot dot backslash) sequences in the query string argument in a GET request to a non-existent .jsp file

Published May 25, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 12.50%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Web Calendaring server in Ipswitch Imail 8.13, and other versions before IMail Server 8.2 Hotfix 2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via "..\" (dot dot backslash) sequences in the query string argument in a GET request to a non-existent .jsp file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

12.50% 0.12499

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.12499

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	12.50% (0.12499)	96.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	12.50% (0.12499)	95.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.57% (0.00570)	66.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.23% (0.00229)	61.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 1, 2024	0.38% (0.00378)	72.62th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.67% (0.00673)	79.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.67% (0.00673)	76.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=242&type=vulnerabilities
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014047		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=242&type=vulnerabilities		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im82hf2.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13727		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 25, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 25, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1252

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1252

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1252