CVE-2002-1276

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2002-1276 · Published 29/11/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1276 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting squirrelmail (squirrelmail).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
squirrelmail squirrelmail	`= 1.2.8`	No fix yet

Description

An incomplete fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.2.8 calls the strip_tags function on the PHP_SELF value but does not save the result back to that variable, leaving it open to cross-site scripting attacks.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/8220
debian.org/security/2002/dsa-191 · Vendor Advisory
iss.net/security_center/static/10634.php
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-042.html · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/7019

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

squirrelmail

= 1.2.8

No fix yet

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