Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker authenticates to Roundcube instance
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DeliveryCraft draft with XSS payload in subject field
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ExploitSave draft to shared mailbox folder
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ExecutionVictim co-user opens draft restore dialog
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PersistUnsanitized subject renders in victim's browser
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ImpactAttacker script executes in victim's authenticated session
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated Roundcube user account (confirmed by PR:L in the CVSS vector). The vulnerability is specifically triggered through the draft restore dialog, meaning the attacker must be able to save drafts to a mailbox folder accessible by a second user - i.e., a shared mailbox configuration is the primary enabling condition. The victim (second user) must interact with the draft restore dialog (UI:R), meaning passive viewing of the inbox alone does not trigger the XSS. High attack complexity (AC:H) further limits reliability, suggesting the conditions for a successful cross-user payload execution - shared mailbox configured, victim opening the specific draft restore UI - must align. Exploitation is limited to Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1; all other versions and non-shared-mailbox deployments are not confirmed affected by this specific issue. |
| Impact | The CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium) accurately reflects a constrained attack. The vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N imposes three significant exploitation hurdles: the attacker must be authenticated (PR:L), the attack complexity is high (AC:H, indicating non-trivial conditions must align), and a second user must interact with the draft restore dialog (UI:R). The Changed scope is notable for shared mailbox deployments, where a single malicious draft can affect multiple co-users. EPSS at 0.03% (10th percentile) is very low, consistent with the CISA SSVC determination of Exploitation: none and Automatable: no. The vulnerability is not in CISA KEV. Real-world priority is low for most single-user or private deployments but rises meaningfully for enterprise or hosting environments where shared mailboxes are in active use. The Tags field includes 'Suse', suggesting SUSE may issue a downstream advisory or package update, but no SUSE advisory URL is confirmed in the provided references. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with valid Roundcube credentials on an instance with shared mailbox access composes a draft message and injects a JavaScript or CSS payload (e.g., a cookie-stealing script or UI redress element) into the subject field, then saves it to a shared mailbox folder. When a co-user of that shared mailbox triggers the draft restore dialog - either deliberately or through normal draft management - the unsanitized subject content renders in their browser, executing the attacker's payload within their authenticated session context. No public exploit code is confirmed at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 08, 2026
Stored XSS and HTML/CSS injection in Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x and 1.7.x allows an authenticated attacker to plant a malicious payload in a draft message's subject field, which then executes in the browsers of other users when they encounter the draft restore dialog on a shared mailbox. Fixed in versions 1.6.16 and 1.7.1 per vendor advisory published 2026-05-24. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS sits at 0.03% (10th percentile), indicating minimal observed exploitation interest.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to upgrade to Roundcube Webmail 1.6.16 (for 1.6.x deployments) or 1.7.1 (for 1.7.x deployments), both released 2026-05-24 and available at https://roundcube.net/news/2026/05/24/security-updates-1.6.16-and-1.7.1 and the respective GitHub release tags https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.16 and https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.7.1. The vendor explicitly recommends backing up data before updating. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, a compensating control is to restrict or disable shared mailbox access for untrusted or lower-privileged users, thereby eliminating the cross-user exploitation path - note this may impact legitimate collaborative workflows. Disabling draft auto-restore functionality, if configurable, would also neutralize the specific trigger vector, but this has workflow trade-offs. There is no indication a vendor-supported workaround short of patching has been published.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), specifically in the draft restore dialog component of Roundcube Webmail. When a draft is saved and subsequently restored, the subject field value is reflected back into the DOM without adequate sanitization, allowing embedded HTML, CSS, or JavaScript to be interpreted by the browser. The Changed scope (S:C) in the CVSS vector reflects that the injected payload can affect browser sessions of users beyond the original attacker, a characteristic of stored XSS in multi-user shared mailbox contexts. The affected codebase is confirmed via CPE cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* across both the 1.6.x and 1.7.x branches. Two separate commits address this issue: commit 189d30a4 on the 1.7.x branch and commit a21519187 on the 1.6.x branch, as referenced in GitHub release tags 1.7.1 and 1.6.16 respectively.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
In Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1, an unsanitized subject field in the draft restored value could lead to stored XSS/HTML/CSS injection on shared mailboxes.
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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.
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
Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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SUSE
Severity: Medium| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
EUVD-2026-31728
GHSA-2m7q-4j9m-89vh
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