Cross-site scripting in SmarterMail - CVE-2012-2578

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Cross-site scripting in SmarterMail - CVE-2012-2578

Published: September 19, 2012 / Updated: February 6, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43504
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-2012-2578
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: SmarterTools Inc.
Affected software:
SmarterMail

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in SmarterMail 9.2 when processing an e-mail message body with (1) a JavaScript alert function used in conjunction with the fromCharCode method, (2) a SCRIPT element, (3) a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) expression property in the STYLE attribute of an arbitrary element, or (4) an innerHTML attribute within an XML document. 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-2012-2578

Install update from vendor's website.

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