CVE-2006-6142

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.36% (84th) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
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32 products
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Who says so?
3 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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."

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
  • Fixedsquirrelmail-0:1.4.8-4.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0022
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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4
v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USLLM-inferred
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affected products (32)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2007:0022Red Hat Security Advisory: squirrelmail security update2007-01-31csaf · redhat_csafUS

    A new squirrelmail package that fixes security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvdnvdredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2006-12-05modified 2026-06-16
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references (58)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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