Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Webmail (OWM) 2.52 20060831…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Webmail (OWM) 2.52 20060831 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) searchtype, (2) longpage, and (3) page parameters to (a) openwebmail-main.pl; the (4) prefs_caller, (5) userfirsttime, (6) page, (7) sort, (8) folder, and (9) message_id parameters to (b) openwebmail-prefs.pl; the (10) compose_caller, (11) msgdatetype, (12) keyword, (13) searchtype, (14) folder, (15) page, and (16) sort parameters to (c) openwebmail-send.pl; the (17) folder, (18) page, and (19) sort parameters to (d) openwebmail-folder.pl; the (20) searchtype, (21) page, (22) filesort, (23) singlepage, (24) showhidden, (25) showthumbnail, and (26) message_id parameters to (e) openwebmail-webdisk.pl; the (27) folder parameter to (f) openwebmail-advsearch.pl; and the (28) abookcollapse, (29) abooksearchtype, (30) abooksort, (31) abooklongpage, (32) abookpage, (33) message_id, (34) searchtype, (35) msgdatetype, (36) sort, (37) page, (38) rootxowmuid, and (39) listviewmode parameters to (g) openwebmail-abook.pl, different vectors than CVE-2005-2863, CVE-2006-2190, CVE-2006-3229, and CVE-2006-3233.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2.52 | Vulnerable | Open Webmail |
- cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.52 Vulnerable ·Open Webmail
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4172
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8h42-mpmq-5frp
References
More Open Webmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2004-02156 The read_list_from_file function in vacation.pl for OpenWebmail before 2.32 20040629… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00469 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2004-00580 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Squirrelmail 1.2.10 and earlier… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2005-01357 Open WebMail (OWM) before 2.51 20050430 allows remote authenticated users to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2006-02134 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ow-shared.pl in OpenWebMail (OWM) 2.51 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2002-01308 openwebmail_init in Open WebMail 1.81 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2007-4172 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-4172 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8h42-mpmq-5frp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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