CVE-2019-12970 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail versions through 1.4.22 and 1.5.x through 1.5.2. This flaw allows attackers to bypass the application's sanitization by embedding malicious script within HTML emails using specific RCDATA/RAWTEXT elements like NOEMBED or TEXTAREA. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.5.0, <= 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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