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MailPost
by:
Unknown
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-site scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: MailPost
Affected Version From: MailPost 5.1.1sv
Affected Version To: Unknown
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE:
CPE: a:mailpost:mailpost:5.1.1sv
Metasploit:
Other Scripts:
Platforms Tested: Unknown
Unknown

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in MailPost

The vulnerability in MailPost allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser through a malicious error message. This can lead to the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize user-supplied data before displaying it to users.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11598/info

MailPost is reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data and can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser through a malicious error message returned from the application. 

This attack would occur in the security context of the affected web site and may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks. 

MailPost 5.1.1sv is reported prone to this issue. It is possible that other versions are affected as well.

http://www.example.com/scripts/mailpost.exe/<script>alert('hi')</script>/mail.txt