RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2025-06-30 · passed 1 year 2 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
RoundCube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to steal and send emails of a victim via a crafted e-mail message that abuses a Desanitization issue in message_body() in program/actions/mail/show.php.
Who is affected
Roundcube Webmail. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-79.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 1 year 2 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2024-42009 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42009
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- roundcube.net roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42009