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Severity
8.8
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A directory traversal flaw in SquirrelMail 1.4.22 allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate (or potentially delete) files from the hosting server, related to ../ in the attlocalname field in Deliver.class.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SquirrelMail 1.4.22 (and other versions before 201704270200-SVN) allows post-authentication remote code execution via a sendmail.cf file that is mishandled in a popen call. It's possible to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary shell commands on the remote server. The problem is in the DeliverSendMail.class.php with the initStream function that uses escapeshellcmd() to sanitize the sendmail command before executing it. The use of escapeshellcmd() is not correct in this case since it doesn't escape whitespaces, allowing the injection of arbitrary command parameters. The problem is in -f$envelopefrom within the sendmail command line. Hence, if the target server uses sendmail and SquirrelMail is configured to use it as a command-line program, it's possible to trick sendmail into using an attacker-provided configuration file that triggers the execution of an arbitrary command. For exploitation, the attacker must upload a sendmail.cf file as an email attachment, and inject the sendmail.cf filename with the -C option within the "Options > Personal Informations > Email Address" setting.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

A certain Red Hat patch for SquirrelMail 1.4.8 sets the same SQMSESSID cookie value for all sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to access other users' folder lists and configuration data in opportunistic circumstances by using the standard webmail.php interface. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3663.

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Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The parseAddress code in (1) SquirrelMail 1.4.0 and (2) GPG Plugin 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the "To:" field.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail before 1.2.11 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML code and steal information from a client's web browser.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in magicHTML of SquirrelMail before 1.2.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) "<<script" in unspecified input fields or (2) a javascript: URL in the src attribute of an IMG tag.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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) deletedraft parameters in (b) compose.php, and (4) unspecified vectors involving "a shortcoming in the magicHTML filter."

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

loadprefs.php and supporting include files in SquirrelMail 1.0.4 and earlier do not properly initialize certain PHP variables, which allows remote attackers to (1) view sensitive files via the configphp and datadir options, and (2) execute arbitrary code by using optionsorder.php to upload a message that could be interpreted as PHP.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in readbody.php in SquirrelMail before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via a javascript: URL in an IMG tag.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The spell checker plugin (checkme.mod.php) for SquirrelMail before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a modified sqspellcommand parameter.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CSRF
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 sendto and subject parameters.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in readbody.php for SquirrelMail 1.2.10, 1.2.9, and earlier allows remote attackers to insert script and HTML via the (1) mailbox and (2) passedid parameters.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

An incomplete fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.2.8 calls the striptags function on the PHPSELF value but does not save the result back to that variable, leaving it open to cross-site scripting attacks.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

SquirrelMail 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the absolute pathname of the options.php script via a malformed optpage file argument, which generates an error message when the file cannot be included in the script.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script as other web users via (1) addressbook.php, (2) options.php, (3) search.php, or (4) help.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SquirrelMail 1.2.5 and earlier allows authenticated SquirrelMail users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the THEME variable in a cookie.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the decoding of encoded text in certain headers in mime.php for SquirrelMail 1.4.3a and earlier, and 1.5.1-cvs before 23rd October 2004, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Squirrelmail 1.2.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or script via (1) the $mailer variable in readbody.php, (2) the $senderNamespart variable in mailboxdisplay.php, and possibly other vectors including (3) the $eventtitle variable or (4) the $eventtext variable.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SQL injection vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 RC1 allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized SQL statements, with unknown impact, probably via abookdatabase.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using readbody.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via multiple attack vectors, including the mailbox parameter in compose.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

optionsidentities.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 and earlier uses the extract function to process the $POST variable, which allows remote attackers to modify or read the preferences of other users, conduct cross-site scripting XSS) attacks, and write arbitrary files.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown attack vectors in (1) the URL or (2) an e-mail message.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Squirrelmail 1.2.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "URL manipulation."

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in webmail.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying a URL parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

prefs.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.4, with registerglobals enabled, allows remote attackers to inject local code into the SquirrelMail code via custom preference handlers.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webmail.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain integer variables.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Dynamic variable evaluation vulnerability in compose.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 to 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables and read or write the attachments and preferences of other users.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier, with registerglobals enabled, allows remote attackers to hijack cookies in src/redirect.php via unknown vectors. NOTE: while "cookie theft" is frequently associated with XSS, the vendor disclosure is too vague to be certain of this.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.6
XSS
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in SquirrelMail 1.5.1 and earlier, when registerglobals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML via the mailbox parameter.

First published (updated )

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