IBM Lotus Notes Email Client Input Validation Vulnerability

vendor:

Lotus Notes

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Input Validation Vulnerability

CWE

Product Name: Lotus Notes

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2005

IBM Lotus Notes Email Client Input Validation Vulnerability

IBM Lotus Notes email client is prone to an input validation vulnerability. Reports indicate that HTML and JavaScript attached to received email messages is executed automatically when the email message is viewed. Specifically, users accessing standard Notes mail templates through a Web mail client are affected. This vulnerability may be leveraged by a remote attacker to automatically execute arbitrary script code in the context of a target user.

Mitigation:

Ensure that all input is properly validated and sanitized before being used.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14164/info

IBM Lotus Notes email client is prone to an input validation vulnerability. Reports indicate that HTML and JavaScript attached to received email messages is executed automatically when the email message is viewed. Specifically, users accessing standard Notes mail templates through a Web mail client are affected.

This vulnerability may be leveraged by a remote attacker to automatically execute arbitrary script code in the context of a target user. 

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