MEDIUM
Three XSS issues in SquirrelMail
Published Dec 5, 2006
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.36%
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) mailto parameter in (a) webmail.php, the (2) session and (3) delete_draft parameters in (b) compose.php, and (4) unspecified vectors involving "a shortcoming in the magicHTML filter."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3_r3
- 1.4.3_rc1
- 1.4.3aa
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.4_rc1
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.6_cvs
- 1.4.6_rc1
- 1.4.7
- 1.4_rc1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0022
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0022 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.36% 0.02364
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02364
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02364) | 83.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 77.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 11.29% (0.11286) | 93.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 8.95% (0.08951) | 92.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 7.66% (0.07665) | 91.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 8.95% (0.08951) | 92.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 5.72% (0.05724) | 90.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 4.29% (0.04293) | 88.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.26% (0.03260) | 85.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.46% (0.04458) | 81.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.36% (0.02359) | 83.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.44% (0.02444) | 90.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2024 | 2.44% (0.02444) | 90.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 1.99% (0.01992) | 87.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 2.08% (0.02076) | 87.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 2.21% (0.02213) | 88.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 1.79% (0.01793) | 86.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 1.30% (0.01297) | 84.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01391) | 84.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 1.19% (0.01187) | 83.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.91% (0.01908) | 86.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (34)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2438 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2439 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23195 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23322 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23409 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23504 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23811 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24004 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017327 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=468482 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-12-02 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1241 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:226 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21414 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4828 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6142 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218297 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30693 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30694 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30695 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-849 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6142
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9988 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6142
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 5, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 28, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6142
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a