First published: Tue Dec 31 2002(Updated: )
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in compose.php in SquirrelMail before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to send email as other users via an IMG URL with modified send_to and subject parameters.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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SquirrelMail | =1.2.2 |
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CVE-2002-1648 describes a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SquirrelMail before version 1.2.3.
SquirrelMail version 1.2.2 is affected by CVE-2002-1648.
Attackers can exploit CVE-2002-1648 by using an IMG URL with modified send_to and subject parameters to send email as other users.
The potential impact of CVE-2002-1648 is that unauthorized emails can be sent on behalf of users, compromising user privacy.
Mitigation for CVE-2002-1648 involves upgrading to SquirrelMail version 1.2.3 or later to close the CSRF vulnerability.