Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) mailto parameter in (a) webmail.php, the (2) session and (3) delete_draft parameters in (b) compose.php, and (4) unspecified vectors involving "a shortcoming in the magicHTML filter."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6142 is rated Moderate Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.29%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.33% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-12-29 | 8.95% | 11.29% | +2.33% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 7.66% | 8.95% | +1.29% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 7.66% | — |
Full EPSS history (24 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
|
— | CVE-2006-6142: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6142 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6142 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2006-6142 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (squirrelmail), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6142 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.3_r3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.3_rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.3aa | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3aa:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.4_rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.6_cvs | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.6_rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.6_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4_rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |