CVE-2002-1276 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An incomplete fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.2.8 calls the strip_tags function on the PHP_SELF value but does not save the result back to that variable, leaving it open to cross-site scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00636.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Redhat Subscribe	Linux Subscribe
Squirrelmail Subscribe	Squirrelmail Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Linux 8.0
	cpe:/o:redhat:linux:8.0	RHSA-2003:042	2003-03-05T00:00:00Z

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1260	An incomplete fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.2.8 calls the strip_tags function on the PHP_SELF value but does not save the result back to that variable, leaving it open to cross-site scripting attacks.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=167471
http://secunia.com/advisories/8220
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-191
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10634.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-042.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7019
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1276
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1276

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-11-14T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.493Z

Reserved: 2002-11-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1276

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-11-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1276

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1276 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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