RoundCube up to 1.5.5/1.6.4 Header Content-Type/Content-Disposition cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in RoundCube up to 1.5.5/1.6.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Header Handler. Such manipulation of the argument Content-Type/Content-Disposition leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-47272. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in RoundCube up to 1.5.5/1.6.4 (Mail Client Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-Type/Content-Disposition with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Roundcube 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows XSS via a Content-Type or Content-Disposition header (used for attachment preview or download).

The weakness was presented 11/06/2023 as 5ec496885e18ec6af956e8c0d627856c2257ba2d. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-47272 since 11/05/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.5.6 or 1.6.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 5ec496885e18ec6af956e8c0d627856c2257ba2d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-51402). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Mail Client Software

Name

• RoundCube

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4

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• free

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