Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file attach
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file attachment that is processed by the Display feature. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by the developer.
- Published
- Aug 30, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.8% · 77th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| inter7 | sqwebmail | cpe:2.3:a:inter7:sqwebmail |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- inter7 sqwebmail3.4.1
- inter7 sqwebmail3.5.0
- inter7 sqwebmail3.5.1
- inter7 sqwebmail3.5.2
- inter7 sqwebmail3.5.3
- inter7 sqwebmail3.6.0
- inter7 sqwebmail3.6.1
- inter7 sqwebmail4.0.4_2004-05-24
- inter7 sqwebmail4.0.5
- inter7 sqwebmail4.0.6
- inter7 sqwebmail4.0.7
- inter7 sqwebmail5.0.0
- inter7 sqwebmail5.0.1
- inter7 sqwebmail5.0.4
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | courier | before 0.47-8 | 0.47-8 |
| Debian:3.0 | courier | before 0.37.3-2.6 | 0.37.3-2.6 |
| Debian:3.1 | courier | before 0.47-4sarge2 | 0.47-4sarge2 |
Same product
inter7: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2005-1308SqWebMail allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via CRLF sequences in the redirect parameter followed by the desire31Monitor
- CVE-2004-0591Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_header_uc function for SqWebMail 4.0.4 and earlier, and possibly 3.x, allows remote at28Monitor
- CVE-2004-2313Inter7 SqWebMail 3.4.1 through 3.6.1 generates different error messages for incorrect passwords versus correct passwords on non-mail-enabled20Monitor
- CVE-2005-2820Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail mes18Monitor
- CVE-2005-2769Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scri18Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:courier | 0.47-8 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112490698219531&w=2
- marc.info/?l=courier-users&m=112488135424849&w=2
- secunia.com/advisories/16539/
- secunia.com/advisories/17156
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-35/advisory/
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-793
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14650
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-201-1
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21997
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.