Merak Mail Server 5.2.7 address.html cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Merak Mail Server 5.2.7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file address.html. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1719. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Merak Mail Server 5.2.7 (Mail Server Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the file address.html. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Merak Webmail Server 5.2.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) category, (2) cserver, (3) ext, (4) global, (5) showgroups, (6) or showlite parameters to address.html, or the (7) spage or (8) autoresponder parameters to settings.html, the (9) folder parameter to readmail.html, or the (10) attachmentpage_text_error parameter to attachment.html, (11) folder, (12) ct, or (13) cv parameters to calendar.html, (14) an <img> tag, or (15) the subject of an e-mail message.

The bug was discovered 08/04/2004. The weakness was presented 08/17/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at marc.info. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1719. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. 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:address.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14379 (Merak Webmail / IceWarp Web Mail < 5.2.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

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 databases at X-Force (17024), Exploit-DB (24377), Tenable (14379), SecurityFocus (BID 10966†) and OSVDB (9037†). See VDB-22099, VDB-22100, VDB-22101 and VDB-82138 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14379
Nessus Name: Merak Webmail / IceWarp Web Mail < 5.2.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 14379
OpenVAS Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Merak Webmail / IceWarp Web Mail
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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08/04/2004 🔍
08/17/2004 +13 days 🔍
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08/19/2004 +2 days 🔍
08/26/2004 +6 days 🔍
09/08/2004 +13 days 🔍
02/26/2005 +170 days 🔍
12/18/2014 +3582 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1719 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1719
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22098
X-Force: 17024
SecurityFocus: 10966
Secunia: 12269
OSVDB: 9037 - IceWarp WebMail address.html Multiple Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1010969
Vulnerability Center: 5347 - Cross-site Scripting in Merak Mail Server 5.2.7, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2014 15:48
Updated: 04/08/2025 16:30
Changes: 12/18/2014 15:48 (46), 07/24/2017 12:51 (25), 06/30/2021 08:02 (2), 06/30/2021 08:08 (1), 11/21/2024 18:47 (15), 04/04/2025 14:04 (7), 04/08/2025 16:30 (2)
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