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CVE-2012-3508 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in program/lib/washtml.php in Roundcube Webmail 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…

published 2012-08-25 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3463

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in program/lib/washtml.php in Roundcube Webmail 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using "javascript:" in an href attribute in the body of an HTML-formatted email.

Patch / fix

  • roundcube Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.7.2-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3508

  • roundcubemail openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10491-1

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-2012-3508 updated cvss 4.3

roundcubemail: XSS by processing signatures in HTML mode

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20549)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20549 Roundcube Webmail 0.8.0 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-08-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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