Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0591 - HTML Injection vulnerability in Inter7 Sqwebmail 4.0.4
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_header_uc function for SqWebMail 4.0.4 and earlier, and possibly 3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HRML via (1) e-mail headers or (2) a message with a "message/delivery-status" MIME Content-Type. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Inter7, SqWebMail, 4.0.5
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
description | SqWebMail 4.0.4 .20040524 Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability. CVE-2004-0591. Webapps exploit for php platform |
id | EDB-ID:24227 |
last seen | 2016-02-02 |
modified | 2004-06-21 |
published | 2004-06-21 |
reporter | Luca Legato |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/24227/ |
title | SqWebMail 4.0.4.20040524 - Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability |
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200408-02.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-02 (Courier: XSS vulnerability in SqWebMail) Luca Legato found that SqWebMail is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. An XSS attack allows an attacker to insert malicious code into a web-based application. SqWebMail doesn last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14558 published 2004-08-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14558 title GLSA-200408-02 : Courier: XSS vulnerability in SqWebMail code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-02. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(14558); script_version("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:41"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0591"); script_xref(name:"CERT-CC", value:"CA-2000-02"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200408-02"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200408-02 : Courier: XSS vulnerability in SqWebMail"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-02 (Courier: XSS vulnerability in SqWebMail) Luca Legato found that SqWebMail is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. An XSS attack allows an attacker to insert malicious code into a web-based application. SqWebMail doesn't filter appropriately data coming from message headers before displaying them. Impact : By sending a carefully crafted message, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window. This allows to modify the behaviour of the SqWebMail application, and/or leak session information such as cookies to the attacker. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Courier." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-02" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Courier users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=mail-mta/courier-0.45.6.20040618' # emerge '>=mail-mta/courier-0.45.6.20040618'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:courier"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/08/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/06/21"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-mta/courier", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.45.6.20040618"), vulnerable:make_list("le 0.45.6"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Courier"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-533.NASL description A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in sqwebmail, a web mail application provided by the courier mail suite, whereby an attacker could cause web script to be executed within the security context of the sqwebmail application by injecting it via an email message. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15370 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15370 title Debian DSA-533-1 : courier - XSS code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-533. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(15370); script_version("1.21"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0591"); script_bugtraq_id(10588); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"533"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-533-1 : courier - XSS"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in sqwebmail, a web mail application provided by the courier mail suite, whereby an attacker could cause web script to be executed within the security context of the sqwebmail application by injecting it via an email message." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-533" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.37.3-2.5. We recommend that you update your courier package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:courier"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/07/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-authdaemon", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-authmysql", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-base", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-debug", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-doc", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-imap", reference:"1.4.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-ldap", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-maildrop", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-mlm", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-mta", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-pcp", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-pop", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"courier-webadmin", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"sqwebmail", reference:"0.37.3-2.5")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");