CVE-2020-12625

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4. There is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in rcube_washtml.php because JavaScript code can occur in the CDATA of an HTML message.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.98% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/87e4cd0cf2c550e77586860b94e5c75d2b7686d0 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.4 third party advisory
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.3...1.4.4 third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4674 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-12625-Cross%20Site-Scripting%20via%20Malicious%20HTML%20Attachment-Roundcube third party advisory exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-41 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00083.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12625?
CVE-2020-12625 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12625?
To fix CVE-2020-12625, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12625 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-12625 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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