CVE-2004-0588

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web mail module for Usermin 1.070 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML and script via e-mail messages.

Published: 2004-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0588 is rated Moderate Risk (51.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0588

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.24% 1.37% +0.13%
2 2025-03-30 0.95% 1.24% +0.29%
3 2025-03-29 0.95%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0588

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0588

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0588

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0588: 1 GLSA(s) (200406-15), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/usermin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0588
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0588 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (usermin), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0588

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2004-0588

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product update: Usermin, Usermin, 1.080

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
usermin usermin 1.070 cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.070:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0588

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