CVE-2005-2769 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 86)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML e-mail containing tags with strings that contain ">" or other special characters, which is not properly sanitized by SqWebMail.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.73% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-09-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| inter7 | sqwebmail |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SqWebMail 5.0.4 - HTML Email IMG Tag Script Injection | 2005-08-29 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112534112715638&w=2
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2005/Aug/975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16600/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17156
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-39/advisory/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14676
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-201-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22043
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112534112715638&w=2
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2005/Aug/975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16600/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17156
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-39/advisory/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14676
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-201-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22043
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