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CVE-2010-4555 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.21 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scrip…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4521

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.21 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) drop-down selection lists, (2) the > (greater than) character in the SquirrelSpell spellchecking plugin, and (3) errors associated with the Index Order (aka options_order) page.

Patch / fix

  • squirrelmail RHEL 4 1.4.8-18.el4
  • squirrelmail RHEL 5 1.4.8-5.el5_7.13

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0103

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-4555 updated cvss 4.3

SquirrelMail: Multiple XSS flaws

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el5_7.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.8-18.el4 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) squirrelmail 1.4.8-5.el5_7.13
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0103

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Exploit prediction

2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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