@Mail HTML image tag cross-site scripting
| @mail-html-image-xss (24742) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
@Mail WebMail System is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message containing script embedded within HTML IMG tags to execute code in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- @Mail Webmail System Web page: @Mail - WebMail Client.
- BID-16683: @Mail IMG tag HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0842: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Calacode @Mail 4.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a modified javascript: string in the SRC attribute of an IMG element in an e-mail message, as demonstrated by java script:. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 23236: @Mail Webmail Message HTML Image Tag XSS
- SA18874: @Mail Webmail Image Tag Script Insertion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0617: @Mail Webmail img Tag Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- @Mail @Mail WebMail System 4.3
Reported:
Feb 16, 2006
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