CVE-2002-1276

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

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=167471	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-191	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-042.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7019
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10634.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/8220

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2002-11-28 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:30

NVD link : CVE-2002-1276

Mitre link : CVE-2002-1276

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

squirrelmail

squirrelmail

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