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TI-2004-00469 Aliases CVE-2004-0520GHSA-5vvf-4w4f-hj33

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows…

Priority MEDIUM 40Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using read_body.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07134 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 21

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.30VulnerableOpen Webmail
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.31VulnerableOpen Webmail
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.32VulnerableOpen Webmail
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.4VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.5VulnerableSquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.30 Vulnerable ·Open Webmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.31 Vulnerable ·Open Webmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.32 Vulnerable ·Open Webmail
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.5 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
Show 11 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.6VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.7VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.8VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.9VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.10VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.11VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.5_dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5_devVulnerableSquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.6 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.7 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.8 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.9 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.10 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.11 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.5_dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5_dev Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2004:240 Released 2004-06-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    squirrelmail security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.e3.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.e3.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.e3.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.3-0.e3.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:240
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:240
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:240
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:240

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0520
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5vvf-4w4f-hj33

References

Patch 3

Advisory 3

Other 4

Sources

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