CVE-2011-4078 json
include/iniset.php in Roundcube Webmail 0.5.4 and earlier, when PHP 5.3.7 or 5.3.8 is used, allows remote attackers to trigger a GET reques…
published 2011-11-03 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4029
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.3%
- EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
include/iniset.php in Roundcube Webmail 0.5.4 and earlier, when PHP 5.3.7 or 5.3.8 is used, allows remote attackers to trigger a GET request for an arbitrary URL, and cause a denial of service (resource consumption and inbox outage), via a Subject header containing only a URL, a related issue to CVE-2011-3379.
Patch / fix
- roundcube Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4078
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4078 updated cvss 4.3
roundcubemail: DoS (unavailability to access user's INBOX) after receiving an email message with the URL in the Subject
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
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trac.roundcube.net
/ticket/1488086
patch
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/6
mailing-list, patch
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h20000.www2.hp.com
/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
vendor-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/71025
vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/50402
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2011-4078
- NVD CVE-2011-4078
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.