#VU49153 Stored cross-site scripting in Roundcube - CVE-2020-35730
Published: December 28, 2020 / Updated: June 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49153
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35730
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerable software:
Roundcube
Roundcube
Software vendor:
Roundcube
Roundcube
Description
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. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message in HTML or plain text 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 updates from vendor's website.