CVE-2007-1262

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTML filter in SquirrelMail 1.4.0 through 1.4.9a allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) data: URI in an HTML e-mail attachment or (2) various non-ASCII character sets that are not properly filtered when viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Published: 2007-05-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1262 is rated Moderate Risk (43.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). 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-2007-1262

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 2025-12-28 1.16% 1.02% -0.14%
2 2025-12-27 1.02% 1.16% +0.14%
3 2025-10-28 1.02%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1262

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1262

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-1262

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1262
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-1262 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-2007-1262

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1262

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 1.4.3a cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 1.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.9a cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1262

URL Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09157962/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2007/JVNDB-2007-000398.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/35887
http://osvdb.org/35888
http://secunia.com/advisories/25200 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25236
http://secunia.com/advisories/25320
http://secunia.com/advisories/25690
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1290
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:106
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23910
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018033
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2007-05-09
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1353
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11712
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0358.html
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