Cross-site scripting in MailEnable - CVE-2012-2588
Published: September 19, 2014 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41314
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2588
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: MailEnable Pty. Ltd.
Affected software:
MailEnable
MailEnable
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MailEnable Enterprise 6.5 when processing the (1) From, (2) To, or (3) Subject header or (4) body in an SMTP e-mail message. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2588
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.