Horde IMP up to 4.3.7 fetchmailprefs.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Horde IMP. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file fetchmailprefs.php. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-4778. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Horde IMP (Groupware Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file fetchmailprefs.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in fetchmailprefs.php in Horde IMP before 4.3.8, and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 1.2.7, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) username (aka fmusername), (2) password (aka fmpassword), or (3) server (aka fmserver) field in a fetchmail_prefs_save action, related to the Fetchmail configuration, a different issue than CVE-2010-3695. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was released 04/04/2011 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is available at git.horde.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-4778 since 04/01/2011. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:fetchmailprefs.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.horde.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component.

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Type

• Groupware Software

Vendor

• Horde

Name

• IMP

Version

• 2.0
• 2.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.2.7
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.2
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.7

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.horde.org/

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