Mailtraq email subject field cross-site scripting
| mailtraq-email-subject-xss (12312) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mailtraq is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could embed malicious HTML or JavaScript within the subject field in an email message, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the email is viewed.
Platforms Affected:
- Fastraq, Mailtraq 2.1.0.1302
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mailtraq (2.3.2.1419 or later), available from the Mailtraq Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jun 16 2003 - 04:31:27 CDT, Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Mailtraq (DoS, Password Decryption, Directory Traversal) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0106.html.
- Mailtraq Web site, Mailtraq email server - The complete SMTP/POP3/IMAP windows email server solution - Mailtraq eM at http://www.mailtraq2.com/38/text.nc.
- SecuriTeam Mailing List, Windows NT focus 16 June 2003, Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Mailtraq (DoS, Password Decryption, Directory Traversal) at http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5HP0G1FAAC.html.
- BID-7928: Mailtraq Webmail Remote HTML Injection Vulnerability
- SA9001: Mailtraq Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jun 16, 2003
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