CVE-2008-2379

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2379
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-05 00:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted hyperlink in an HTML part of an e-mail message.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.1.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.1.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.2.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.3.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.3pre1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.3pre2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.4 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.4pre1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.4pre2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.5 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.5pre1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 0.5pre2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0.3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0.4 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0.5 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0.6 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0pre1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0pre2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.0pre3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.1.0 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.1.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.1.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.1.3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.0 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.0_rc3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.4 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.5 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.6 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.7 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.3.0 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.3.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.3.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.0 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.0_rc1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.0_rc2a All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.10 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.10a All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.11 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.12 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.15 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.15_rc1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.2 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.3 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.3a All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.3_rc1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.4 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.4_rc1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.5 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.5_rc1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.6 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.6_rc1 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.7 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.8 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.9 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.4.9a All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA33071 - Debian update for squirrelmail - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SquirrelMail Malformed HTML Mail Message HTML Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:027 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squirrelmail.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.17-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.17-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SquirrelMail Malformed HTML Mail Message Script Insertion - Security Net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-net.biz
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Fedora update for squirrelmail - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1682-1 squirrelmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SquirrelMail Malformed HTML Mail Message Script Insertion - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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