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CVE-2020-13965

Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.3.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5. There is XSS via a malicious XML attachment because text/xml is among the allowed types for a preview.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.71819
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-80Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
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Affected Products & Versions

4
roundcube webmail< 1.3.12
roundcube webmail>= 1.4.0 and < 1.4.5
debian linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgithub.com · CVE-2020-13965-Crossgithub.com
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

1
et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Roundcube XSS via Malicious XML Attachment (CVE-2020-13965)web-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
View on NVD
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Jun 2020 · 03:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
SSVC asks the questions that actually drive patch urgency: is it being exploited, can attacks be automated, and how total is the impact.
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Vendor Advisories

2
cisaKEV-CVE-2020-13965
usnUSN-5182-1
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/884eb611627ef2bd5a2e20e02009ebb1eceecdc3PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.4...1.4.5Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.3.12Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.5Release Notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLESQ4LPJGMSWHQ4TBRTVQRDG7IXAZCW/Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODPJXBHZ32QSP4MYT2OBCALYXSUJ47SK/Mailing List
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