SmarterTools SmarterMail Enterprise 4.3 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SmarterTools SmarterMail Enterprise 4.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0872. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SmarterTools SmarterMail Enterprise 4.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SmarterTools SmarterMail Enterprise 4.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a STYLE attribute of an element in the Subject field of an e-mail message.

The bug was discovered 02/18/2008. The weakness was presented 02/21/2008 by Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0872 since 02/21/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31787 (SmarterMail Subject Field XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40663), Exploit-DB (31240), Tenable (31787), SecurityFocus (BID 27878†) and OSVDB (41857†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
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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Nessus ID: 31787
Nessus Name: SmarterMail Subject Field XSS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/18/2008 🔍
02/19/2008 +1 days 🔍
02/21/2008 +2 days 🔍
02/21/2008 +0 days 🔍
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04/07/2008 +46 days 🔍
04/14/2008 +7 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2527 days 🔍
10/20/2025 +3870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41163
X-Force: 40663
SecurityFocus: 27878 - SmarterTools SmarterMail Subject Field HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 29024
OSVDB: 41857 - SmarterTools - SmarterMail - Subject Field HTML Injection Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019461
Vulnerability Center: 18169 - SmarterTools SmarterMail Enterprise Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Conduct XSS Attacks, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 10/20/2025 00:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (67), 08/08/2019 14:20 (9), 10/20/2025 00:54 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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