RoundCube Webmail HTML cross-site scripting
| roundcube-html-xss (48129) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
RoundCube Webmail is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted email message embedded with the HTML background attribute to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the message is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to RoundCube Webmail Web site for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- RoundCube Webmail Web site: Changeset 2245: Treat 'background' attributes the same way as 'src' (another XSS vulnerability) .
- BID-33372: Roundcube Webmail Background Attributes Email Message HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-0413: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2 stable allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the background attribute embedded in an HTML e-mail message.
- SA33622: RoundCube Webmail Script Insertion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-0192: RoundCube Webmail background Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Roundcube Roundcube Webmail 0.2 stable
Reported:
Jan 20, 2009
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