CVE-2008-4045 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @Mail 5.42 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file and (2) HelpFile parameters to parse.php, the (3) Folder and (4) start parameters to showmail.php, and the (5) abookview parameter to abook.php.

Published: 2008-09-11

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:\@mail:\@mail:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4030	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in @Mail 5.42 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) file and (2) HelpFile parameters to parse.php, the (3) Folder and (4) start parameters to showmail.php, and the (5) abookview parameter to abook.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01033.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0808-exploits/atmail542-xss.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31720
http://secunia.com/advisories/31727
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44860

History

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Subscriptions

\@mail \@mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-11T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.548Z

Reserved: 2008-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4045

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-11T21:06:47.897

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:57:03.040

Link: CVE-2008-4045

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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