Input validation error in Roundcube Webmail - CVE-2019-15237

 

Input validation error in Roundcube Webmail - CVE-2019-15237

Published: August 6, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113715
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15237
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling Punycode xn-- domain names. A remote attacker can perform a spoofing attack and disguise the email sender. 


Affected software

Roundcube Webmail
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
roundcube (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/roundcube

How to mitigate CVE-2019-15237

Install updates from vendor's website.

Roundcube Webmail - update to 1.3.10
roundcube (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm8, 1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm8, 1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm8, 1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm6, 1.6.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm3
mail-client/roundcube - update to 1.6.11

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