CVE-2002-1276

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1276
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-11-29 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionAn incomplete fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.2.8 calls the strip_tags function on the PHP_SELF value but does not save the result back to that variable, leaving it open to cross-site scripting attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#167471 - Squirrel Mail 1.2.7 XSS exploit not entirely fixed in 1.2.8 - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: squirrelmail-striptags-phpself-xss (10634): SquirrelMail strip_tags function PHP_SELF value cross-site scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-191-1 squirrelmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SquirrelMail global.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - RedHat updates for squirrelmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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