CVE-2020-13965
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-06-26. Federal remediation due 2024-07-17.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 76.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-06-09 02:45Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:35Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-06-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6860e4638f912dbab59e841b92d7899d3ade139382713a0153838a31dfd0e44d
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.5
- github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.3.12
- github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/884eb611627ef2bd5a2e20e02009ebb1eceecdc3
- github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.4...1.4.5
- roundcube.nethttps://roundcube.net/news/2020/06/02/security-updates-1.4.5-and-1.3.12
- www.debian.orgDSA-4700https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4700
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2a1a6a8432https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLESQ4LPJGMSWHQ4TBRTVQRDG7IXAZCW/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-aeffd92b77https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODPJXBHZ32QSP4MYT2OBCALYXSUJ47SK/
- github.comhttps://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-13965-Cross%20Site-Scripting%20via%20Malicious%20XML%20Attachment-Roundcube
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-13965
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- roundcube Fixed in 1.4.5+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- roundcube Fixed in 1.4.5+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- roundcube Fixed in 1.4.5+dfsg.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- roundcube Fixed in 1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- roundcube Fixed in 1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- roundcube Fixed in 1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.