Pony MailApplication · Apache
CVE-2019-0218
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was discovered wherein a specially crafted URL could enable reflected XSS via JavaScript in the pony mail interface.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in Pony Mail where specially crafted URLs can inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser. The malicious payload is part of the request and reflected back in the response without proper sanitization.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Pony MailApplication
>= 0.8, <= 0.10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Pony Mail is installedIdentify the Pony Mail installation directory or check running web services that serve Pony Mail (typically under /pony or similar web root paths)Affected if Pony Mail is present and serving web content
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Determine installed Pony Mail versionCheck version file in the Pony Mail installation (such as VERSION, about.php, or the software's built-in version display) and compare to the affected range >= 0.8, <= 0.10Affected if The installed version falls within 0.8 through 0.10 inclusive
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Identify the web entry pointLocate the main HTTP entry point that handles user requests (typically index.php or a dispatcher script in the web root)Affected if The web interface is accessible and processes URL parameters
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Test for parameter reflectionSubmit a request with a test payload in the URL query string (such as ?test=<script>alert(1)</script>) and observe whether the raw payload appears in the response without encoding or sanitizationAffected if The submitted parameter value is reflected verbatim in the HTML response without being escaped or sanitized
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Verify affected endpoint handlingCheck the code paths that handle reflected parameters - specifically look for endpoints that take user input and insert it directly into HTML output without using htmlspecialchars() or equivalent encodingAffected if User input from the request is directly inserted into page output without proper encoding
You are affected if Pony Mail version 0.8 through 0.10 is installed and the web interface reflects URL parameters in responses without sanitization, allowing injected script execution.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation, output encoding, and consider Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to prevent XSS execution. Users should avoid clicking untrusted URLs.
Fix this in Pony Mail
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-0218 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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