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CVE-2008-2379

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2379 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail versions prior to 1.4.17. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML into a user's browser by crafting a special hyperlink within an email message. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit, requires no authentication, and could lead to information disclosure or session hijacking. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-8.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el4_7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.8-5.el5_2.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2379Moderate

squirrelmail: XSS issue caused by an insufficient html mail sanitation

Dec 3, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/32143
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33054
secunia.com / advisories/33071
secunia.com / advisories/33937
security-net.biz / wsw/index.php
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47024
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9764
support.apple.com / kb/HT3438
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00223.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00449.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1682
securityfocus.com / bid/32603
squirrelmail.org / index.php
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3332