Is CVE-2007-4172 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2007-4172 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2007-4172 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2007-4172 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2007-4172?

CVE-2007-4172 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

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CVE-2007-4172

CWE-79Published: August 7, 2007· Updated: Jun 16, 2026

4.3

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Webmail (OWM) 2.52 20060831 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) searchtype, (2) longpage, and (3) page parameters to (a) openwebmail-main.pl; the (4) prefs_caller, (5) userfirsttime, (6) page, (7) sort, (8) folder, and (9) message_id parameters to (b) openwebmail-prefs.pl; the (10) compose_caller, (11) msgdatetype, (12) keyword, (13) searchtype, (14) folder, (15) page, and (16) sort parameters to (c) openwebmail-send.pl; the (17) folder, (18) page, and (19) sort parameters to (d) openwebmail-folder.pl; the (20) searchtype, (21) page, (22) filesort, (23) singlepage, (24) showhidden, (25) showthumbnail, and (26) message_id parameters to (e) openwebmail-webdisk.pl; the (27) folder parameter to (f) openwebmail-advsearch.pl; and the (28) abookcollapse, (29) abooksearchtype, (30) abooksort, (31) abooklongpage, (32) abookpage, (33) message_id, (34) searchtype, (35) msgdatetype, (36) sort, (37) page, (38) rootxowmuid, and (39) listviewmode parameters to (g) openwebmail-abook.pl, different vectors than CVE-2005-2863, CVE-2006-2190, CVE-2006-3229, and CVE-2006-3233.

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Technical Analysis

CVE-2007-4172 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-79): Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.