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SquirrelMail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2005 Xue Yong ZhiType 
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The remote host is vulnerable to a security problem in SquirrelMail's 'read_body.php' script, allowing for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Xue Yong Zhi
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11415");
  script_version("2023-12-13T05:05:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-12-13 05:05:23 +0000 (Wed, 13 Dec 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6302");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7019");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1276", "CVE-2002-1341");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"RHSA-2003:0042-07");
  script_name("SquirrelMail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 Xue Yong Zhi");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl", "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "gb_php_http_detect.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to a newer version of this software");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host seems to be vulnerable to a security problem in
  SquirrelMail. Its script 'read_body.php' didn't filter out user input for
  'filter_dir' and 'mailbox', making an XSS attack possible.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"50"); # No extra check, prone to false positives and doesn't match existing qod_types

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");

port = http_get_port( default:80 );
if( ! http_can_host_php( port:port ) ) exit( 0 );

host = http_host_name( dont_add_port:TRUE );
if( http_get_has_generic_xss( port:port, host:host ) ) exit( 0 );

foreach dir( make_list_unique( "/", http_cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {

  if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";
  url = dir + "/read_body.php" +
        string( "?mailbox=", "<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&passed_id=",
                "<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&",
                "startMessage=1&show_more=0" );

  if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:"<script>alert\(document\.cookie\)</script>", check_header:TRUE ) ) {
    report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
    security_message( port:port, data:report );
    exit( 0 );
  }
}

exit( 99 );

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13 Dec 2023 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01366
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