CVE-2019-12970
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.1)—
XSS was discovered in SquirrelMail through 1.4.22 and 1.5.x through 1.5.2. Due to improper handling of RCDATA and RAWTEXT type elements, the built-in sanitization mechanism can be bypassed. Malicious script content from HTML e-mail can be executed within the application context via crafted use of (for example) a NOEMBED, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, or TEXTAREA element.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.82%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 78
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153495/SquirrelMail-1.4.22-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00000.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/0
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/50
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-016.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153495/SquirrelMail-1.4.22-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00000.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/0
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/50
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-016.txt
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