RoundCube Webmail 0.2 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in RoundCube Webmail 0.2 (Mail Client Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/20/2009. The weakness was published 02/03/2009 by Julien Cayssol (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0413 since 02/03/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37289 (Fedora 10 : roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc10 (2009-1204)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48129) and Tenable (37289). Similar entry is available at 50916.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 37289
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc10 (2009-1204)
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OpenVAS ID: 63323
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-1204 (roundcubemail)
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Advisory: 2245
Researcher: Julien Cayssol
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0413 (🔍)
X-Force: 48129
Vulnerability Center: 20737 - RoundCube Webmail 0.2 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33372 - Roundcube Webmail Background Attributes Email Message HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 33827
OSVDB: 51505 - CVE-2009-0413 - RoundCube - Webmail - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
Vupen: ADV-2009-0192

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/04/2021 10:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/26/2019 16:04 (5), 08/04/2021 10:30 (3)
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