functions/mime.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 does not protect the application's content from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) positioning in HTML e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and phishing attacks, via a crafted message.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1581 is rated Moderate Risk (43.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.29%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 1.78% | 1.29% | -0.49% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 1.29% | 1.78% | +0.49% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 1.29% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2009-1581: 1 GLSA(s) (201001-08), 1 atom(s) (mail-client/squirrelmail); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1581 |
redhat
|
low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1581 |
ubuntu
|
low | CVE-2009-1581 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (squirrelmail), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1581 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | — | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | <= 1.4.17 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.3pre1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.3pre2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.3pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.4pre1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.4pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.4pre2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.4pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.5pre1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.5pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 0.5pre2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:0.5pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0pre1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0pre2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.0pre3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.0_rc3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.8 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.9 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.2.11 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.0_rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.0_rc2a | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.0_rc2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.10a | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.11 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.12 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.15 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.15_rc1 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.15_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squirrelmail | squirrelmail | 1.4.16 | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |