Insufficiently Protected Credentials in the Mail Server Configuration in GoPhish v0.12.1…
Priority HIGH 72CWE-312Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
Insufficiently Protected Credentials in the Mail Server Configuration in GoPhish v0.12.1 allows an attacker to access cleartext passwords for the configured IMAP and SMTP servers.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00373 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/gophish/gophish (Go) | up to 0.12.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-rv83-h68q-c4wq |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/gophish/gophish (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 0.12.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-rv83-h68q-c4wq
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-55196
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rv83-h68q-c4wq
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-55196 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-55196 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rv83-h68q-c4wq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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