Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0639 - HTML Injection vulnerability in SquirrelMail From Email Header
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Squirrelmail 1.2.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or script via (1) the $mailer variable in read_body.php, (2) the $senderNames_part variable in mailbox_display.php, and possibly other vectors including (3) the $event_title variable or (4) the $event_text variable.
Vulnerable Configurations
Exploit-Db
description | SquirrelMail 1.2.x From Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability. CVE-2004-0639. Webapps exploit for php platform |
id | EDB-ID:24167 |
last seen | 2016-02-02 |
modified | 2004-06-03 |
published | 2004-06-03 |
reporter | anonymous |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/24167/ |
title | SquirrelMail 1.2.x From Email Header HTML Injection Vulnerability |
Nessus
NASL family CGI abuses : XSS NASL id SQUIRRELMAIL_HTML_INJECTION_VULN.NASL description The target is running at least one instance of SquirrelMail whose version number is between 1.2.0 and 1.2.10 inclusive. Such versions do not properly sanitize From headers, leaving users vulnerable to XSS attacks. Further, since SquirrelMail displays From headers when listing a folder, attacks does not require a user to actually open a message, only view the folder listing. For example, a remote attacker could effectively launch a DoS against a user by sending a message with a From header such as : From:<!--<>(-->John Doe<script>document.cookie= last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14217 published 2004-08-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14217 title SquirrelMail < 1.2.11 Multiple Script XSS code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(14217); script_version("1.25"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0639"); script_bugtraq_id(10450); script_name(english:"SquirrelMail < 1.2.11 Multiple Script XSS"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The target is running at least one instance of SquirrelMail whose version number is between 1.2.0 and 1.2.10 inclusive. Such versions do not properly sanitize From headers, leaving users vulnerable to XSS attacks. Further, since SquirrelMail displays From headers when listing a folder, attacks does not require a user to actually open a message, only view the folder listing. For example, a remote attacker could effectively launch a DoS against a user by sending a message with a From header such as : From:<!--<>(-->John Doe<script>document.cookie='PHPSESSID=xxx; path=/';</script><> which rewrites the session ID cookie and effectively logs the user out. ***** Nessus has determined the vulnerability exists on the target ***** simply by looking at the version number(s) of Squirrelmail ***** installed there." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to SquirrelMail 1.2.11 or later or wrap the call to sqimap_find_displayable_name in printMessageInfo in functions/mailbox_display.php with a call to htmlentities." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); 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:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/08/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/05/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail"); script_end_attributes(); summary["english"] = "Check Squirrelmail for HTML injection vulnerability"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS"); script_dependencie("squirrelmail_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); script_require_keys("www/squirrelmail"); exit(0); } include("http_func.inc"); host = get_host_name(); port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE); if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0); # Check each installed instance, stopping if we find a vulnerability. installs = get_kb_list(string("www/", port, "/squirrelmail")); if (isnull(installs)) exit(0); foreach install (installs) { matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$"); if (!isnull(matches)) { ver = matches[1]; dir = matches[2]; if (ereg(pattern:"^1\.2\.([0-9]|10)$", string:ver)) { security_warning(port); set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE); exit(0); } } }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-535.NASL description Four vulnerabilities were discovered in squirrelmail : - CAN-2004-0519 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via multiple attack vectors, including the mailbox parameter in compose.php. - CAN-2004-0520 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using read_body.php. - CAN-2004-0521 SQL injection vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 RC1 allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized SQL statements, with unknown impact, probably via abook_database.php. - CAN-2004-0639 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Squirrelmail 1.2.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or script via (1) the $mailer variable in read_body.php, (2) the $senderNames_part variable in mailbox_display.php, and possibly other vectors including (3) the $event_title variable or (4) the $event_text variable. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 15372 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15372 title Debian DSA-535-1 : squirrelmail - several vulnerabilities
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=257973
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000858
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108611554415078&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-535
- http://www.rs-labs.com/adv/RS-Labs-Advisory-2004-1.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10450
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16285