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SquirrelMail decodeHeader Arbitrary HTML Injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15718

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Synopsis

The remote service is vulnerable to an information disclosure attack.

Description

The remote host is running SquirrelMail, a webmail system written in PHP.

Versions of SquirrelMail prior to 1.4.4 are affected by an email HTML injection issue. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to gain access to the users' accounts.

Solution

Upgrade to the newest version of this software.

See Also

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user/21169

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Nov/133

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15718

File Name: squirrelmail_html_injection_vuln2.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/13/2004

Updated: 5/14/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail

Required KB Items: www/squirrelmail

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1036

BID: 11653