Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in HiveMail 1.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL encoded expression in the query string in (1) index.php and (2) possibly certain other scripts, which is not properly cleansed when accessed from the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] variable.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- HiveMail 1.2.2/1.3 - 'index.php' $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] Cross-Site Scripting EDB-27186 · webapps · Feb 11, 2006 · verified
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References
- http://forum.hivemail.com/showthread.php?p=26745
- 16591 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-0527 vdb-entry
- 20060210 HiveMail <= 1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- hivemail-index-xss(24622) vdb-entry
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00098-02102006
- 18807 third-party-advisory