CVE-2023-5631

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  3. CVE-2023-5631
Roundcube before 1.4.15, 1.5.x before 1.5.5, and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows stored XSS via an HTML e-mail message with a crafted SVG document because of program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php behavior. This could allow a remote attacker to load arbitrary JavaScript code.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/01/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/01/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/17/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054079 Mailing List Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/41756cc3331b495cc0b71886984474dc529dd31d Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/6ee6e7ae301e165e2b2cb703edf75552e5376613 Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/9168 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.15 Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.5 Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.4 Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LK67Q46OIEGJCRQUBHKLH3IIJTBNGGX4/ Mailing List
https://roundcube.net/news/2023/10/16/security-update-1.6.4-released Release Notes
https://roundcube.net/news/2023/10/16/security-updates-1.5.5-and-1.4.15 Release Notes
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5531 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/01/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/01/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/17/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054079 Mailing List Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/41756cc3331b495cc0b71886984474dc529dd31d Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/6ee6e7ae301e165e2b2cb703edf75552e5376613 Patch
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/9168 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.15 Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.5 Release Notes
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.4 Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LK67Q46OIEGJCRQUBHKLH3IIJTBNGGX4/ Mailing List
https://roundcube.net/news/2023/10/16/security-update-1.6.4-released Release Notes
https://roundcube.net/news/2023/10/16/security-updates-1.5.5-and-1.4.15 Release Notes
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5531 Mailing List
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5631 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

30 Oct 2025, 20:11

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21 Oct 2025, 23:16

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References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5631', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5631 -

13 Feb 2025, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html - Mailing List () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Summary (en) Roundcube before 1.4.15, 1.5.x before 1.5.5, and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows stored XSS via an HTML e-mail message with a crafted SVG document because of program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php behavior. This could allow a remote attacker to load arbitrary JavaScript code. (en) Roundcube before 1.4.15, 1.5.x before 1.5.5, and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows stored XSS via an HTML e-mail message with a crafted SVG document because of program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_washtml.php behavior. This could allow a remote attacker to load arbitrary JavaScript code.

27 Jan 2025, 21:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054079 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054079 - Mailing List, Patch
References () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/9168 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/9168 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html - Mailing List
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5531 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5531 - Mailing List
Information

Published : 2023-10-18 15:15

Updated : 2025-10-30 20:11

NVD link : CVE-2023-5631

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5631

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5631

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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

roundcube

  • webmail
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')