What is CVE-2019-12938?

CVE-2019-12938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Analogic Poste.io, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-12938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Analogic Poste.io

CVE-2019-12938

The Roundcube component of Analogic Poste.io 2.1.6 uses .htaccess to protect the logs/ folder, which is effective with the Apache HTTP Server but is ineffective with nginx. Attackers can read logs via the webmail/logs/sendmail URI.

Published 2019-06-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Analogic Poste.io — versions 2.1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

bitbucket.org/analogic/mailserver/issues/665/posteio-logs-leak (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
poste.io/changelog (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12938?: CVE-2019-12938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Analogic Poste.io, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-12938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.