CVE-2019-12970
SquirrelMail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vuln
Description
XSS was discovered in SquirrelMail through 1.4.22 and 1.5.x through 1.5.2. Due to improper handling of RCDATA and RAWTEXT type elements, the built-in sanitization mechanism can be bypassed. Malicious script content from HTML e-mail can be executed within the application context via crafted use of (for example) a NOEMBED, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, or TEXTAREA element.
INFO
Published Date :
July 1, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
July 30, 2019, 9:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2019-12970 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12970
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-12970.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153495/SquirrelMail-1.4.22-Cross-Site-Scripting.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00000.html | |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/0 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/50 | |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-016.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Patches for Squirrelmail
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2019-12970 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2019-12970 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 30, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/50 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 02, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153495/SquirrelMail-1.4.22-Cross-Site-Scripting.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153495/SquirrelMail-1.4.22-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/0 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/0 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-016.txt No Types Assigned https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-016.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.22 *cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.5.0 up to (including) 1.5.2 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153495/SquirrelMail-1.4.22-Cross-Site-Scripting.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/0 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12970 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-12970
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.02 }} -0.23%
score
0.83818
percentile