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medium 4.3

CVE-2005-2769 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scr…

published 2005-09-02 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2770

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SqWebMail 5.0.4 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML e-mail containing tags with strings that contain ">" or other special characters, which is not properly sanitized by SqWebMail.

Patch / fix

  • courier Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.47-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2769

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26200)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26200 SqWebMail 5.0.4 - HTML Email IMG Tag Script Injection webapps, 2005-08-29
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/16600/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-39/advisory/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14676 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

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