CVE-2005-2769

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Published Sep 2, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:inter7:sqwebmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-201-1	SqWebmail vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.7% (2.730% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Inter7 Sqwebmail

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:45 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 2, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:45 PM
Reserved: Sep 2, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 2, 2005, 11:03 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

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