Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Kmail Account Wizard - CVE-2024-50624
Published: September 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114758
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50624
CWE-ID: CWE-319
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to software uses insecure communication channel to transmit sensitive information in ispdbservice.cpp, e.g. HTTP protocol is used for a URL such as http://autoconfig.example.com or http://example.com/.well-known/autoconfig for retrieving the configuration. A remote attacker with ability to intercept network traffic can gain access to sensitive data.
Affected software
Kmail Account Wizard
Ubuntu
kdepim (Ubuntu package)
kmail-account-wizard (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
kdepim (Ubuntu package)
kmail-account-wizard (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2024-50624
Install updates from vendor's website.
Kmail Account Wizard - update to 24.05.1
kdepim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2+esm1, 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
kmail-account-wizard (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3+esm1
kdepim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2+esm1, 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
kmail-account-wizard (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 4:21.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 4:23.08.5-0ubuntu3+esm1