Roundcube
CVE-2024-57004
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization HTML tag escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 3.14%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail 1.6.9 allows remote authenticated users to upload a malicious file as an email attachment, leading to the triggering of the XSS by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-80. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail 1.6.9 allows remote authenticated users to upload a malicious file as an email attachment, leading to the triggering of the XSS by visiting the SENT session. Affected products include: Roundcube Webmail.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail 1.6.9 allows remote authenticated users to upload a malicious file as an email attachment, leading to the triggering of the XSS by visiting the SENT session.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2024-57004 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 6.1. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Roundcube Webmail contains a critical PHP object deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2025-49113, CVSS 9.9) that allows au
Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows unauthorized access to arbitrary file
steps/mail/sendmail.inc in Roundcube before 1.1.7 and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when no SMTP server is configured and the send
Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_skin function in program/include/rcmail_output_html.php in Roundcube before
rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in
Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to include local files and execute code via directory traversal in a plu
The DBMail driver in the Password plugin in Roundcube before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands
A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows a remote attacker to stea
Multiple buffer overflows in the DBMail driver in the Password plugin in Roundcube before 1.1.0 allow remote attackers t
Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerab
Pre-authentication SQL injection in Roundcube Webmail's virtuser_query plugin allows unauthenticated remote attackers to
roundcube version 1.3.4 and earlier contains an Insecure Permissions vulnerability in enigma plugin that can result in e
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