Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail - CVE-2020-12625
Published: May 4, 2020 / Updated: June 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27498
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12625
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 in "rcube_washtml.php". A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.
Affected software
Roundcube Webmail
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
roundcube (Debian package)
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
roundcube (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12625
Install update from vendor's website.
Roundcube Webmail - addressed in versions 1.2.10, 1.3.11, 1.4.4
roundcube (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1.2.3+dfsg.1-4+deb9u4, 1.3.11+dfsg.1-1~deb10u1, 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1, 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1~bpo10+1
roundcube (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1.2.3+dfsg.1-4+deb9u4, 1.3.11+dfsg.1-1~deb10u1, 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1, 1.4.4+dfsg.1-1~bpo10+1