Secunia Research: SqWebMail Conditional Comments Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Research 06/09/2005
- SqWebMail Conditional Comments Script Insertion Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
SqWebMail 5.0.4
Prior versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: Script Insertion
Where: From Remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in SqWebMail, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion
attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to SqWebMail allowing usage of e.g.
the "<script>" tag within an HTML comment. This, combined with
"Conditional Comments" in Internet Explorer, can be exploited to
execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context
of a vulnerable site when a malicious email is viewed.
Successful exploitation requires that the user is using Internet
Explorer.
Example in an HTML email:
<!--[if IE]>
<script>alert("Vulnerable!");</script>
<![endif]-->
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4) Solution
The vendor has issued an updated version of SqWebMail, which fixes
this vulnerability.
http://www.courier-mta.org/?download.php
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5) Time Table
05/09/2005 - Initial vendor notification.
05/09/2005 - Vendor confirms vulnerability and releases a fix.
06/09/2005 - Public disclosure.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Jakob Balle, Secunia Research.
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7) References
No references available.
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-44/advisory/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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