A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7…
Priority CRITICAL 99Exploited in the wildCWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2025-06-09CISA due date 2025-06-30
EPSS 0.82882 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2025-06-09 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42009
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j43g-prf4-578j
References
Advisory 2
More Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31204 Deserialization of untrusted data in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2021-19778 Roundcube before 1.3.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 is prone to a potential SQL injection via search or search_params. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10051 rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12250 Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-41994 Cross-site scripting in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-05182 Stored XSS vulnerability in Roundcube KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-42009 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-42009 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j43g-prf4-578j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-42009 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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