CVE-2005-2095

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

SquirrelMail: 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3 (+16)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-756
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00090-07142005
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-595.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405200
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/405202
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14254
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2005-07-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163047
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21359

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