CVE-2020-35730
MEDIUMCISA KEVEPSS 98th pctlDescription
An XSS issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.2.13, 1.3.x before 1.3.16, and 1.4.x before 1.4.10. The attacker can send a plain text e-mail message, with JavaScript in a link reference element that is mishandled by linkref_addindex in rcube_string_replacer.php.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Roundcube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to send a plain text e-mail message with Javascript in a link reference element that is mishandled by linkref_addinindex in rcube_string_replacer.php.
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Remediation due: 2023-07-13
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=978491
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.9...1.4.10
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.2.13
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.3.16
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.10
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCEU4BM5WGIDJWP6Z4PCH62ZMH57QYM2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HMLIZWKMTRCLU7KZLEQHELS4INXJ7X5Q/
- https://roundcube.net/download/
- https://www.alexbirnberg.com/roundcube-xss.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-35730
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