Tdah T-day Webmail 3.2.0-2.3 HTTP-EQUIV="refresh cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Tdah T-day Webmail 3.2.0-2.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation of the argument HTTP-EQUIV="refresh results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2573. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Tdah T-day Webmail 3.2.0-2.3. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument HTTP-EQUIV="refresh 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in T-dah WebMail 3.2.0-2.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message body with (1) a SCRIPT element, (2) a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) expression property, (3) a CSS expression property in the STYLE attribute of an arbitrary element, (4) an ONLOAD attribute of a BODY element, (5) a crafted SRC attribute of an IFRAME element, (6) a crafted CONTENT attribute of an HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" META element, or (7) a data: URL in the CONTENT attribute of an HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" META element.

The weakness was published 08/12/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2573 since 05/09/2012. 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 and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (20364) and OSVDB (84694†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Tdah

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• T-day Webmail

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• 3.2.0-2.3

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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