CVE-2004-0519
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 22.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via multiple attack vectors, including the mailbox parameter in compose.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- SquirrelMail 1.4.x - Folder Name Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2004/CVE-2004-0519.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- SquirrelMail 1.4.x - Folder Name Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24068webapps, phppublished 30 Apr 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
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Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.5% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- 12289 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- squirrel-composephp-xss(16025) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040430 Re: SquirrelMail Cross Scripting Attacks.... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-160 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 11531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 11686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 11870 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:240 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-1733 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200405-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10274 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040429 SquirrelMail Cross Scripting Attacks.... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLA-2004:858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 10246 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0518 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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