CVE-2004-2494
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in _error in Ability Mail Server 1.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in _error in Ability Mail Server 1.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the erromsg parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Code-Crafters Ability Mail Server 1.18 - 'errormsg' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24268remote, multiplepublished 12 Jul 2004Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 12039 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 10695 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1010672 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ability-errormsg-xss(16676) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 7718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Ability_mail_server_1.18.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2004-2485 (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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