NikoSoft WebMail up to O.6 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NikoSoft WebMail. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1819. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in NikoSoft WebMail and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. 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 NikoSoft WebMail before 0.11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 06/01/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nikosoft.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1819 since 06/01/2005. 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.

Upgrading to version 0.11.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA15518†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• NikoSoft

Name

• WebMail

Version

• 0.1
• 0.5
• 0.7
• 0.7.5
• 0.7.6
• 0.7.7
• 0.7.9
• 0.8.0
• 0.8.1
• 0.8.2
• 0.8.3
• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.10.0
• 0.10.1
• 0.10.2
• 0.10.3
• 0.10.4
• O.6

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