CVE-2024-42009

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9.3 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

A

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability 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 crafted e-mail message that abuses a Desanitization issue in message_body() in program/actions/mail/show.php.

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.8 Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.8 Release Notes
https://roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8 Vendor Advisory
https://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/ Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

04 Nov 2025, 15:01

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References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009 - US Government Resource

21 Oct 2025, 23:16

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:20

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References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:20

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009 -

11 Jun 2025, 15:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/ - Technical Description () https://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/ - Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

06 Sep 2024, 21:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-79
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases - () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.8 - () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.8 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.8 - () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.8 - Release Notes
References () https://roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8 - () https://roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/ - () https://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/ - Technical Description
First Time Roundcube
Roundcube webmail

06 Aug 2024, 16:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-08-05 19:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 15:01

NVD link : CVE-2024-42009

Mitre link : CVE-2024-42009

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-42009

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Products Affected

roundcube

CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')