Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ForgottenPassword.aspx in MailEnable Professional, Enterprise, and Premium 4.26 and earlier, 5.x before 5.53, and 6.x before 6.03 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Username parameter.
CVE-2012-0389
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 94.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 24, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0090.html
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/78242
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/47518
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/47562
- cve@mitrehttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18447
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mailenable.com/kb/Content/Article.asp?ID=me020567
- cve@mitrehttp://www.nerv.fi/CVE-2012-0389.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51401
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026519
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72380
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0090.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/78242
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47518
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47562
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18447
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-18447✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 13, 2012
MailEnable Webmail - Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36547✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 12, 2012
MailEnable 6.02 - 'ForgottonPassword.aspx' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗
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