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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2005-2095 json

options_identities.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 and earlier uses the extract function to process the $_POST variable, which allows remote atta…

published 2005-07-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2096

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

options_identities.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 and earlier uses the extract function to process the $_POST variable, which allows remote attackers to modify or read the preferences of other users, conduct cross-site scripting XSS) attacks, and write arbitrary files.

Patch / fix

  • squirrelmail RHEL 3 1.4.3a-11.EL3
  • squirrelmail RHEL 4 1.4.3a-12.EL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:595

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2095 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-11.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-11.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-12.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-12.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-11.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-12.EL4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-11.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squirrelmail 1.4.3a-12.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:595

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-43830)

Exploit prediction

4.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43830 SquirrelMail < 1.4.5-RC1 - Arbitrary Variable Overwrite webapps, 2015-07-14

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.