CVE-2024-42009

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-06-09. Federal remediation due 2025-06-30.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

82.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (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:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2024-08-05 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 22:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-07-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dde5a64ac219555f118395547518fd71bb4f792546b03655a931166f42e544e2

• github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases
• sonarsource.comhttps://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/
• github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.8
• github.comhttps://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.8
• roundcube.nethttps://roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-42009government-resource