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TI-2006-05906 Aliases CVE-2006-6142GHSA-58cj-jwpm-3hvq

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9…

Priority LOW 35Published · 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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) mailto parameter in (a) webmail.php, the (2) session and (3) delete_draft parameters in (b) compose.php, and (4) unspecified vectors involving "a shortcoming in the magicHTML filter."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02512 84th 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 · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3_r3VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3aa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3aaVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5VulnerableSquirrelMail
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3_r3 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:1.4.3aa:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3aa Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6_cvsVulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.7VulnerableSquirrelMail
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_rc1VulnerableSquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6_cvs Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.7 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail
  • cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_rc1 Vulnerable ·SquirrelMail

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2007:0022 Released 2007-01-31 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    squirrelmail security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squirrelmail-1.4.8-4.el4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0022

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6142
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58cj-jwpm-3hvq

References

Advisory 8

Other 7

  • TI-2006-02750 PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-05328 SquirrelMail 1.4.22 (and other versions before 20170427_0200-SVN) allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2002-00501 SquirrelMail 1.2.5 and earlier allows authenticated SquirrelMail users to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2002-01101 Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00468 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2004-00470 SQL injection vulnerability in SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 RC1 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
See all 63 →

Sources

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