SB2021112701 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Roundcube
Published: November 27, 2021 Updated: April 25, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44026)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via search or search_params. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44025)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data while handling an attachment's filename extension when displaying a MIME type warning message. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/1000156
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/ee809bde2dcaa04857a919397808a7296681dcfa
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/c8947ecb762d9e89c2091bda28d49002817263f1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NDVGIZMQJ5IOM47Y3SAAJRN5VPANKTKO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TP3Y5RXTUUOUODNG7HFEKWYNIPIT2NL4/
- https://www.recordedfuture.com/bluedelta-exploits-ukrainian-government-roundcube-mail-servers
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/7d7b1dfeff795390b69905ceb63d6391b5b0dfe7
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/8193
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/faf99bf8a2b7b7562206fa047e8de652861e624a