GFI Archiver up to 15.12 SMTP Configuration GeneralSettingsWizard.aspx GeneralSettingsWizard.SaveAllConfigSettings SMTP server address cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in GFI Archiver up to 15.12. This affects the function GeneralSettingsWizard.SaveAllConfigSettings of the file /Archiver/GeneralSettingsWizard.aspx of the component SMTP Configuration. Such manipulation of the argument SMTP server address leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-48536. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in GFI Archiver up to 15.12. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function GeneralSettingsWizard.SaveAllConfigSettings of the file /Archiver/GeneralSettingsWizard.aspx of the component SMTP Configuration. The manipulation of the argument SMTP server address with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

GFI Archiver before 15.13 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the General Settings SMTP configuration that allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the SMTP server address parameter to /Archiver/GeneralSettingsWizard.aspx. The injected payload is stored by GeneralSettingsWizard.SaveAllConfigSettings() without output encoding and is executed in the browsers of users who subsequently view the General Settings page.

The advisory is available at gfi.ai. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-48536 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Upgrading to version 15.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• GFI

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• Archiver

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• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3
• 15.4
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.7
• 15.8
• 15.9
• 15.10
• 15.11
• 15.12

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