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: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9557
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Ability Mail Server
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9557
Install update from vendor's website.