Cross-site scripting in Ability Mail Server - CVE-2019-9557
Published: March 12, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36077
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9557
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Code-Crafters
Affected software:
Ability Mail Server
Ability Mail Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 has Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the body e-mail body. To exploit the vulnerability, the victim must open an email with malicious Javascript inserted into the body of the email as an iframe.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9557
Install update from vendor's website.