Horde IMP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

by Carol~ Moderator - 5/10/12 12:04 PM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - May 10, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

Release Date : 2012-05-09

Criticality level : Less critical
Impact : Cross Site Scripting
Where : From remote
Solution Status : Vendor Patch

Software: IMP Webmail Client 5.x

Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Horde IMP, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the dynamic compose page, the minimal inbox, and message pages is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 5.0.21.

Solution:
Update to version 5.0.21.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory
http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2012/000765.html
https://github.com/horde/horde/blob/e240b069d26cef3381368431cd9ffb73afa6154f/imp/docs/CHANGES

http://secunia.com/advisories/49042/