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critical 9.3

CVE-2024-42008 in the critical feed json

A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in rcmail_action_mail_get->run() in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows a remote at…

published 2024-08-05 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-39390

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
34.0%
EPSS 34.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in rcmail_action_mail_get->run() 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 malicious e-mail attachment served with a dangerous Content-Type header.

Patch / fix

  • roundcube webmail 1.5.8, 1.6.8
  • roundcube Debian 12 1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u3
  • roundcube Debian 14, Debian 13 1.6.8+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42008

  • roundcube Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm6
  • roundcube Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1.6.6+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42008

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • roundcubemail Package Hub 15 SP6, Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 1.6.8-bp156.2.3.1
  • roundcubemail openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.8-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0328-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14243-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-42008 updated cvss 9.3

roundcubemail: A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in rcmail_action_mail_get->run() in Roundcube

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

33.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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