Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail - #VU80865
Published: September 18, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80865
CSH Severity: Medium
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: N/A
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 when handling linkrefs in plain text messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message 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
Fedora
roundcubemail
Fedora
roundcubemail
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Roundcube Webmail - addressed in versions 1.4.14, 1.5.4, 1.6.3
roundcubemail - addressed in versions 1.5.4-1.el9, 1.6.3-1.fc37, 1.6.3-1.fc38, 1.6.3-1.fc39
roundcubemail - addressed in versions 1.5.4-1.el9, 1.6.3-1.fc37, 1.6.3-1.fc38, 1.6.3-1.fc39