A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SquirrelMail up to 1.4.22 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Math Tag Handler. The manipulation as part of a Message 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:

The mail message display page in SquirrelMail through 1.4.22 has XSS via a "<math xlink:href=" attack.

The bug was discovered 07/26/2018. The weakness was released 08/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-14953 since 08/05/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

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• Mail Client Software

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• SquirrelMail

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.4.16
• 1.4.17
• 1.4.18
• 1.4.19
• 1.4.20
• 1.4.21
• 1.4.22

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• free

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