cve-2025-9762
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-30 03:35
Modified
2025-09-30 15:27
Severity ?
Summary
Post By Email <= 1.0.4b - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Email Attachments
Impacted products
westiPost By Email
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