CVE-2005-2095
options_identities.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 and earlier uses the extract function to process the $_POST variable, which allows remote…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
options_identities.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 and earlier uses the extract function to process the $_POST variable, which allows remote attackers to modify or read the preferences of other users, conduct cross-site scripting XSS) attacks, and write arbitrary files.
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
- SquirrelMail < 1.4.5-RC1 - Arbitrary Variable Overwrite (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43830webapps, phppublished 14 Jul 2015Not verified
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
ID reserved
By redhat
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 8.9% 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
13
- SUSE-SR:2005:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 14254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050714 [SM-ANNOUNCE] Patch available for CAN-2005-2095 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00090-07142005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050714 SquirrelMail Arbitrary Variable Overwriting Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FLSA:163047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-08-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- squirrelmail-set-post-variable(21359) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-756 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-08-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2005-07-13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2005-2096 (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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