squirrelmail: XSS issue caused by an insufficient html mail sanitation
Published Dec 5, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.78%
Description
Cross-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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.4.16
- 0.1
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.2
- 0.2.1
- 0.3
- 0.3.1
- 0.3pre1
- 0.3pre2
- 0.4
- 0.4pre1
- 0.4pre2
- 0.5
- 0.5pre1
- 0.5pre2
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0pre1
- 1.0pre2
- 1.0pre3
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0_rc3
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0_rc1
- 1.4.0_rc2a
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3_rc1
- 1.4.3a
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.4_rc1
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.5_rc1
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.6_rc1
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.9a
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.10a
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.15
- 1.4.15_rc1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-8.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0010
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el4_7.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0010
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el5_2.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0010
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-8.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0010 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el4_7.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0010 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el5_2.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0010 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 77.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 75.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.26% (0.01260) | 77.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.35% (0.02347) | 74.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.79% (0.00792) | 72.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00329) | 71.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00329) | 70.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00329) | 66.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32143 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33054 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33071 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security-net.biz/wsw/index.php?p=254&n=190 x_refsource_MISC
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1682 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32603 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/index.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3332 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2379 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473877 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47024 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2379
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9764 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2379
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00223.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00449.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.