Inter7 SqWebMail up to 5.0.4 cross site scripting ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Inter7 SqWebMail up to 5.0.4. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-2724. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is still unclear if this vulnerability genuinely exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Inter7 SqWebMail up to 5.0.4. 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 SqWebMail 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file attachment that is processed by the Display feature. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by the developer.

The bug was discovered 08/24/2005. The weakness was presented 08/30/2005 by Jakob Balle (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2724 since 08/29/2005. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20617 (Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : courier vulnerabilities (USN-201-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21997), Tenable (20617), SecurityFocus (BID 14650†), OSVDB (18948†) and Secunia (SA16539†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 20617
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : courier vulnerabilities (USN-201-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 55204
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 793-1 (courier)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Jakob Balle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2724 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2724
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26173
X-Force: 21997
SecurityFocus: 14650 - SqWebMail File Attachment Script Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 16539 - SqWebMail Attached File Script Insertion Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 18948 - SqWebMail - File Attachment Script Injection Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9123 - SqWebMail 5.0.4 and Earlier Display Feature Script Injection, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/09/2019 10:24
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (74), 06/09/2019 10:24 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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