Open WebMail up to 2.51 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Open WebMail up to 2.51. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open WebMail (OWM) 2.52, and other versions released before 05/12/2006, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) To and (2) From fields in openwebmail-main.pl, and possibly (3) other unspecified vectors related to "openwebmailerror calls that need to display HTML."

The weakness was presented 06/26/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at attrition.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3229 since 06/26/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 2.52 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27309). See 31006 for similar entry.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Open WebMail 2.52

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: attrition.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3229 (🔍)
X-Force: 27309 - Open WebMail openwebmail-main.pl cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 18598 - Open WebMail Openwebmail-read.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 20714 - Open WebMail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 09/17/2017 11:30
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (51), 09/17/2017 11:30 (8)
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