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Medium severity · published Jul 6, 2020
CVE-2020-15562
An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.2.11, 1.3.x before 1.3.14, and 1.4.x before 1.4.7
6.1
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.2.11, 1.3.x before 1.3.14, and 1.4.x before 1.4.7. It allows XSS via a crafted HTML e-mail message, as demonstrated by a JavaScript payload in the xmlns (aka XML namespace) attribute of a HEAD element when an SVG element exists.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
WE
Webmail · Roundcube
before 1.2.11; 1.3.0 before 1.3.14; 1.4.0 before 1.4.7 · source: NVD
Affected product
DL
Debian Linux
Debian
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15562
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15562
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00083.html
Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/3e8832d029b035e3fcfb4c75839567a9580b4f82
Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.2.11
Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.3.14
Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.7
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4720
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