A vulnerability was found in Icewarp Webmail (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file calendar.html. 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 bug was discovered 08/04/2004. The weakness was released 08/17/2004 by Criolabs Staff with Criolabs Staff (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:calendar.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (17024). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 22098, 22099, 22100 and 22101.

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• Icewarp

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• Webmail

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• commercial

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