Roundcube Webmail up to 1.5.11/1.6.11 SVG Document cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Roundcube Webmail up to 1.5.11/1.6.11 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component SVG Document Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-68461. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Roundcube Webmail up to 1.5.11/1.6.11. Affected is an unknown code of the component SVG Document Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document.

The advisory is shared for download at roundcube.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-68461 since 12/18/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279102 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68461), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. This issue was added on 02/20/2026 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 03/13/2026:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 1.5.12 or 1.6.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb 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 databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202512-3717), Tenable (279102) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2854). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Open Source Roundcube

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Type

• Mail Client Software

Vendor

• Roundcube

Name

• Webmail

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11
• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.6.5
• 1.6.6
• 1.6.7
• 1.6.8
• 1.6.9
• 1.6.10
• 1.6.11

License

• free

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