CVE-2009-1578

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1578
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-14 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) certain encrypted strings in e-mail headers, related to contrib/decrypt_headers.php; (2) PHP_SELF; and (3) the query string (aka QUERY_STRING).

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 All All All All
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 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 1.2.10 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.11 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 1.2.8 All All All
Application Squirrelmail Squirrelmail 1.2.9 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 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 1.4.16 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
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
Debian update for squirrelmail - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
download.gna.org/nasmail/nasmail-1.7.zip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.gna.org
SquirrelMail Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat update for squirrelmail - 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 Patch, Vendor Advisory
SquirrelMail / Code / [r14470] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1802-2 squirrelmail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support | Red Hat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
NaSMail Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
osvdb.org/60468 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squirrelmail.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora update for squirrelmail - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SquirrelMail Prior to 1.4.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
500363 – (CVE-2009-1578) CVE-2009-1578 SquirrelMail: Multiple cross site scripting issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squirrelmail.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2010-004 / Mac OS X v10.6.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
NaSMail - News: NaSMail v.1.7 released [Gna!] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gna.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: squirrelmail-1.4.18-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Exploit, Patch
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1 Security Update 2010-004 / Mac OS X v10.6.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
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