Secunia Research: SqWebMail Conditional Comments Script Insertion

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Secunia Research 06/09/2005

- SqWebMail Conditional Comments Script Insertion Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software.......................................... ..........1
Severity.......................................... ...................2
Description of Vulnerability..................................... ....3
Solution.......................................... ...................4
Time Table............................................. ..............5
Credits........................................... ...................6
References........................................ ...................7
About Secunia........................................... .............8
Verification...................................... ...................9

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1) Affected Software

SqWebMail 5.0.4

Prior versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: Script Insertion
Where: From Remote

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3) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in SqWebMail, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion
attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to SqWebMail allowing usage of e.g.
the "<script>" tag within an HTML comment. This, combined with
"Conditional Comments" in Internet Explorer, can be exploited to
execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context
of a vulnerable site when a malicious email is viewed.

Successful exploitation requires that the user is using Internet
Explorer.

Example in an HTML email:
<!--[if IE]>
<script>alert("Vulnerable!");</script>
<![endif]-->

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4) Solution

The vendor has issued an updated version of SqWebMail, which fixes
this vulnerability.

http://www.courier-mta.org/?download.php

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5) Time Table

05/09/2005 - Initial vendor notification.
05/09/2005 - Vendor confirms vulnerability and releases a fix.
06/09/2005 - Public disclosure.

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6) Credits

Discovered by Jakob Balle, Secunia Research.

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7) References

No references available.

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9) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-44/advisory/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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