CVE-2019-9557
Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 has Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the body e-mail body. To...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-9557- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-9557- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18928 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-18928- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f36j-97wp-4jr5
Ability Mail Server 4.2.6 has Persistent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the body e-mail body. To...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f36j-97wp-4jr5- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9557 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Codecrafters Ability Mail Server, published March 12, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.