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CVE-2018-14953

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14953 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail through version 1.4.22, specifically within the mail message display page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via a "<math xlink:href=" attack, requiring user interaction to trigger and potentially leading to information disclosure or limited integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-2018-14953Moderate

squirrelmail: persistent XSS in message display via a "<math xlink:href="

Jul 26, 2018

References

bugs.debian.org / 905023
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVXTYMZ35IC5KPNMAE6BWAQWURMX7KZO
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T5FP5O562A4FM5TCFNEW73SS6PZONSAC
sourceforge.net / p/squirrelmail/bugs/2831
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory