CVE-2009-1581

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

functions/mime.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 does not protect the application's content from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) positioning in HTML e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and phishing attacks, via a crafted message.

Affected products

SquirrelMail: through 1.4.17; 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.2, 0.2.1, 0.3 (+52)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35052
http://secunia.com/advisories/35073
http://secunia.com/advisories/35140
http://secunia.com/advisories/35259
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/doc/ChangeLog
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail/branches/SM-1_4-STABLE/squirrelmail/functions/mime.php?r1=13667&r2=13666&pathrev=13667
http://squirrelmail.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/squirrelmail?view=rev&revision=13667
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1802
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:110

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