SquirrelMail add.php cross-site scripting
| squirrelmail-add-xss (22453) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SquirrelMail is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted URL to the add.php script in the Address Add Plugin containing embedded code which, once the link is clicked, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- SquirrelMail, SquirrelMail 1.9
- SquirrelMail, SquirrelMail 2.0
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SquirrelMail (2.1 or later), available from the SquirrelMail Web site. See References.
For Mac OS:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Security Update 2007-007 , About Security Update 2007-007 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172.
- Apple Web site, Apple security updates at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798.
- SquirrelMail Web site, ANNOUNCE: SquirrelMail 1.4.5-RC1 Released at http://www.squirrelmail.org/.
- BID-14973: SquirrelMail Address Add Plugin Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-17005: SquirrelMail Redirect.PHP Cookie Theft Vulnerability
- BID-25159: Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-3128: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in add.php in Address Add Plugin 1.9 and 2.0 for Squirrelmail allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the IMG tag.
- MDKSA-2005:178: Updated squirrelmail packages fixes XSS vulberability
- SA16987: SquirrelMail Address Add Plugin "first" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- SA26235: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1014988: SquirrelMail `Address Add` Plugin Input Validation Holes Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2732: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 29, 2005
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