Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 Email Body Persistent cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Email Body Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Persistent). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-9557. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 (Mail Server Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Email Body Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). 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. The summary by CVE is:

Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 has Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the body e-mail body. To exploit the vulnerability, the victim must open an email with malicious Javascript inserted into the body of the email as an iframe.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2019. The weakness was presented 03/12/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-9557 since 03/04/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Persistent
Class: Cross site scripting / Persistent
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/04/2019 🔍
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03/12/2019 +8 days 🔍
03/13/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/02/2024 +1938 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 151958
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-9557 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9557
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131603
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2019 07:21
Updated: 07/02/2024 16:26
Changes: 03/13/2019 07:21 (54), 05/15/2020 17:08 (1), 07/31/2023 16:31 (4), 07/02/2024 16:26 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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