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CVE-2017-7692

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7692 describes a post-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.4.22 and earlier versions. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the handling of the sendmail command within Deliver_SendMail.class.php to inject arbitrary shell commands. The vulnerability is rated 8.8 HIGH (CVSSv3) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild according to KEV, public exploit code exists (EDB-41910), and its EPSS score indicates a moderate probability of exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
32.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41910 · Apr 23, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3216 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: squirrelmail

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7692Important

squirrelmail: Insufficient escaping of user-supplied data

Apr 19, 2017

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/04/19/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/04/27/1
legalhackers.com / advisories/SquirrelMail-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2017-7692-Vuln.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-13
exploit-db.com / exploits/41910
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3852
securityfocus.com / bid/98067
securitytracker.com / id/1038312