Is CVE-2004-0520 actively exploited?

CVE-2004-0520 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2004-0520?

CVE-2004-0520 has a CVSS score of 6.8 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2004-0520?

Patch guidance is available from open webmail security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2004-0520.

CVE-2004-0520 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2004-0520?

21 products: open webmail open webmail, open webmail open webmail, open webmail open webmail, sgi propack, squirrelmail squirrelmail, and 16 more.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mime.php for SquirrelMail before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via the content-type mail header, as demonstrated using read_body.php.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: OPEN_WEBMAIL
Published: 8/18/2004
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

open_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailopen_webmail : open_webmailsgi : propacksquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmailsquirrelmail : squirrelmail

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

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