@Mail WebMail System unspecified cross-site request forgery
| @mail-unspecified-csrf (31259) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
@Mail WebMail System is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by an unspecified script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email within an IMG tag to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of @Mail (5.03 or later), available from the @Mail Web site. See References.
References:
- @Mail Webmail System Web page: @Mail - WebMail Client.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Jan 25 2007 - 12:55:51 CST: [NETRAGARD-20061218 SECURITY ADVISORY] [@Mail WebMail Cross Site Request Forgery].
- Netragard Web site: Recent Research.
- CVE-2006-6701: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in util.pl in @Mail WebMail 4.51, and util.php in 5.x before 5.03, allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary settings and perform unauthorized actions as an arbitrary user, as demonstrated using a settings action in the SRC attribute of an IMG element in an HTML e-mail.
- SA23472: @Mail Webmail Two Vulnerabilities
- SA25328: @Mail "util.php" Cross-Site Request Forgery
- SECTRACK ID: 1017435: @Mail Input Validation Holes Permit Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1864: @Mail util.php Multiple Parameter Handling Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- @Mail @Mail WebMail System 4.51
Reported:
Dec 22, 2006
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