CVE-2008-4045 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @Mail 5.42 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file and (2) HelpFile parameters to parse.php, the (3) Folder and (4) start parameters to showmail.php, and the (5) abookview parameter to abook.php

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @Mail 5.42 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file and (2) HelpFile parameters to parse.php, the (3) Folder and (4) start parameters to showmail.php, and the (5) abookview parameter to abook.php

Published Sep 11, 2008

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.03%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @Mail 5.42 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file and (2) HelpFile parameters to parse.php, the (3) Folder and (4) start parameters to showmail.php, and the (5) abookview parameter to abook.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.03% 0.01033

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01033

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.03% (0.01033)	62.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.03% (0.01033)	59.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.29% (0.00285)	49.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	61.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 18, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	60.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00220)	58.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0808-exploits/atmail542-xss.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/31720
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31727
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44860
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0808-exploits/atmail542-xss.txt		x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/31720		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31727		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44860		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 11, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 11, 2008

Link CVE-2008-4045

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-4045

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-4045