SquirrelMail up to 1.4.22/1.5.2 HTML Email cross site scripting

A vulnerability was found in SquirrelMail up to 1.4.22/1.5.2 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component HTML Email Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. Impacted is integrity. An attacker might be able to inject arbitrary html and script code into the web site. This would alter the appearance and would make it possible to initiate further attacks against site visitors.

The weakness was shared 07/01/2019 as mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-12970 since 06/26/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Type

• Mail Client Software

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• SquirrelMail

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross site scripting (CWE-80)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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06/26/2019 CVE assigned
07/01/2019 +5 days Advisory disclosed
07/01/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/01/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: seclists.org

CVE: CVE-2019-12970 (🔒)

Created: 07/01/2019 04:00 PM
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