Mail2000
CVE-2024-6740
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Openfind's Mail2000 does not properly validate email atachments, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject JavaScript code within the attachment and perform Stored Cross-site scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Openfind's Mail2000 does not properly validate email atachments, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject JavaScript code within the attachment and perform Stored Cross-site scripting attacks. Affected products include: Openfind Mail2000.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Openfind's Mail2000 does not properly validate email atachments, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject JavaScript code within the attachment and perform Stored Cross-site scripting attacks.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue was discovered in Openfind Mail2000 6.0 and 7.0 Webmail. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability i
Openfind's Mail2000 has a vulnerability that allows the HttpOnly flag to be bypassed. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3),
Openfind Mail2000 does not properly filter parameters of specific CGI. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerabilit
Openfind Mail2000 does not properly filter parameters of specific API. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerabilit
Openfind Mail2000 contains Broken Access Control vulnerability, which can be used to execute unauthorized commands after
Openfind Mail2000 has insufficient filtering special characters of email content of its content filtering function. Rate
An Open Redirect vulnerability for all browsers in MAIL2000 through version 6.0 and 7.0, which will redirect to a malici
The login feature in "/cgi-bin/portal" in MAIL2000 through version 6.0 and 7.0 has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerab
The "/cgi-bin/go" page in MAIL2000 through version 6.0 and 7.0 has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, allowing
Openfind Mail2000 file uploading function has insufficient filtering for user input. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), t
GitHub PoC
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