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Roundcube Webmail CVE-2026-48848

| EUVD-2026-31727 HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-05-25 mitre GHSA-p64r-9rcj-x33x
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Jun 08, 2026 - 09:43 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Jun 08, 2026 - 09:43 vuln.today
Patch available
May 26, 2026 - 14:01 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7 has insufficient HTML sanitization that could lead to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) injection via an SVG document that has an animate element with the attributeName attribute.

AnalysisAI

CSS injection in Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x (before 1.6.16) and 1.7.x (before 1.7.1) allows remote attackers to bypass the HTML sanitizer by embedding an SVG document with an animate element whose attributeName references style, enabling cross-site scripting style attacks against mail recipients. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.2 (changed scope) with no privileges or user interaction required beyond viewing a crafted message, no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and an EPSS of 0.04% (14th percentile) indicating low predicted exploitation volume despite the trivially-triggerable attack vector.

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Craft email with SVG animate attributeName=style payload
Delivery
Deliver via SMTP to target mailbox
Exploit
Victim opens message in Roundcube HTML view
Execution
Sanitizer bypass triggers CSS mutation in browser
Persist
Exfiltrate styled DOM content or overlay phishing UI
Impact
Capture session or credentials under webmail origin

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the target Roundcube instance to be running an affected version (1.6.0-1.6.15 or 1.7.0) with HTML message rendering enabled (the default), and the victim must open or preview an attacker-supplied email containing the crafted SVG <animate attributeName="style"> payload - no Roundcube account or authentication is needed on the attacker side because delivery is via ordinary SMTP. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N describes network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation with changed scope and partial confidentiality/integrity impact - consistent with a stored XSS/CSS-injection that fires when a victim opens an attacker-controlled email. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker emails a target Roundcube user a message containing an SVG block with <animate attributeName="style" ...> that survives the HTML sanitizer; when the victim opens the message in the webmail UI, the animation rewrites the page's CSS to exfiltrate styled content, overlay a credential-harvesting form, or pivot via further script gadgets. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the upstream fix and reporter credit (wooseokdotkim) suggest reproduction details could surface from diffing the patch commits.
Remediation Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Roundcube Webmail 1.6.16 (for the 1.6.x branch) or 1.7.1 (for the 1.7.x branch) per https://roundcube.net/news/2026/05/24/security-updates-1.6.16-and-1.7.1; the underlying fix commits are 58e5263 (1.6) and c960d10 (1.7). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours: Conduct inventory of all Roundcube Webmail deployments and identify instances running 1.6.x (before 1.6.16) or 1.7.x (before 1.7.1). …

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed

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CVE-2026-48848 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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