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CVE-2023-47272

Roundcube 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows XSS via a Content-Type or Content...

6.1 MediumFix available

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).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.64%Up 0.6 points since Nov 6, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.1

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).

Record
CVE-2023-47272
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-51402 6.1

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).

Record
EUVD-2023-51402
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q2wj-pp48-fpgj 6.1

Roundcube 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows XSS via a Content-Type or Content...

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).

Record
GHSA-q2wj-pp48-fpgj
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.1

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).

Record
CVE-2023-47272
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.1

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).

Record
CVE-2023-47272
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-47272 6.1

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).

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47272
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-47272 6.1

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).

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47272
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-roundcube-2023-47272 No score

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).

Record
BIT-roundcube-2023-47272
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2023-0332 No score

Updated roundcubemail packages fix XSS security vulnerabilities

Updated roundcubemail package fixes security vulnerabilities:

Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setting Content-Type/ Content-Disposition for attachment preview/download (CVE-2023-47272)

Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling of SVG in HTML messages. (CVE-2023-5631)

Some other errors have been fixed:

  • Fix PHP8 fatal error when parsing a malformed BODYSTRUCTURE
  • Fix duplicated Inbox folder on IMAP servers that do not use Inbox folder with all capital letters
  • Fix PHP warnings
  • Fix UI issue when dealing with an invalid managesieve_default_headers value
  • Fix bug where images attached to application/smil messages weren't displayed
  • Fix PHP string replacement error in utils/error.php
  • Fix regression where smtp_user did not allow pre/post strings before/after %u placeholder
Record
MGASA-2023-0332
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:0257-1 No score

Security update for roundcubemail

This update for roundcubemail fixes the following issues:

Update to 1.6.7

This is a security update to the stable version 1.6 of Roundcube Webmail. It provides a fix to a recently reported XSS vulnerabilities:

  • Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling SVG animate attributes. Reported by Valentin T. and Lutz Wolf of CrowdStrike.
  • Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling list columns from user preferences. Reported by Huy Nguyễn Phạm Nhật.
  • Fix command injection via crafted im_convert_path/im_identify_path on Windows. Reported by Huy Nguyễn Phạm Nhật.

CHANGELOG

  • Makefile: Use phpDocumentor v3.4 for the Framework docs (#9313)
  • Fix bug where HTML entities in URLs were not decoded on HTML to plain text conversion (#9312)
  • Fix bug in collapsing/expanding folders with some special characters in names (#9324)
  • Fix PHP8 warnings (#9363, #9365, #9429)
  • Fix missing field labels in CSV import, for some locales (#9393)
  • Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling SVG animate attributes
  • Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling list columns from user preferences
  • Fix command injection via crafted im_convert_path/im_identify_path on Windows

Update to 1.6.6:

  • Fix regression in handling LDAP search_fields configuration parameter (#9210)
  • Enigma: Fix finding of a private key when decrypting a message using GnuPG v2.3
  • Fix page jump menu flickering on click (#9196)
  • Update to TinyMCE 5.10.9 security release (#9228)
  • Fix PHP8 warnings (#9235, #9238, #9242, #9306)
  • Fix saving other encryption settings besides enigma's (#9240)
  • Fix unneeded php command use in installto.sh and deluser.sh scripts (#9237)
  • Fix TinyMCE localization installation (#9266)
  • Fix bug where trailing non-ascii characters in email addresses could have been removed in recipient input (#9257)
  • Fix IMAP GETMETADATA command with options - RFC5464

Update to 1.6.5 (boo#1216895):

  • Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setting Content-Type/Content-Disposition for attachment preview/download CVE-2023-47272

Other changes:

  • Fix PHP8 fatal error when parsing a malformed BODYSTRUCTURE (#9171)
  • Fix duplicated Inbox folder on IMAP servers that do not use Inbox folder with all capital letters (#9166)
  • Fix PHP warnings (#9174)
  • Fix UI issue when dealing with an invalid managesieve_default_headers value (#9175)
  • Fix bug where images attached to application/smil messages weren't displayed (#8870)
  • Fix PHP string replacement error in utils/error.php (#9185)
  • Fix regression where smtp_user did not allow pre/post strings before/after %u placeholder (#9162)
Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:0257-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13401-1 No score

roundcubemail-1.6.5-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the roundcubemail-1.6.5-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13401-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6848-1 No score

roundcube vulnerabilities

Matthieu Faou and Denys Klymenko discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled certain SVG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary JavaScript code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-5631)

Rene Rehme discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary JavaScript code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-47272)

Valentin T. and Lutz Wolf discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled certain SVG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary JavaScript code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2024-37383)

Huy Nguyễn Phạm Nhật discovered that Roundcube incorrectly handled certain fields in user preferences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to load arbitrary JavaScript code. (CVE-2024-37384)

Record
USN-6848-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
roundcube
Bitnami
1.5.0 up to 1.5.6, 1.6.0 up to 1.6.5
1.5.61.6.5
roundcube
Debian:12
before 1.6.5+dfsg-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions
1.6.1+dfsg-11.6.2+dfsg-11.6.3+dfsg-11.6.3+dfsg-1~deb12u11.6.3+dfsg-21.6.4+dfsg-11.6.4+dfsg-1~deb12u1
1.6.5+dfsg-1~deb12u1
roundcube
Debian:13
before 1.6.5+dfsg-1
1.6.5+dfsg-1
roundcube
Debian:14
before 1.6.5+dfsg-1
1.6.5+dfsg-1
roundcube
Debian:10
before 1.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u5, plus listed versions
1.3.10+dfsg.1-11.3.10+dfsg.1-1~deb10u11.3.11+dfsg.1-1~deb10u11.3.13+dfsg.1-1~deb10u11.3.14+dfsg.1-1~deb10u1
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1.3.15+dfsg.1-1~deb10u11.3.16+dfsg.1-1~deb10u11.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u11.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u21.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u31.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u41.3.8+dfsg.1-2
1.3.17+dfsg.1-1~deb10u5
roundcube
Debian:11
before 1.4.15+dfsg.1-1~deb11u2, plus listed versions
1.4.11+dfsg.1-41.4.12+dfsg.1-1~bpo10+11.4.12+dfsg.1-1~deb11u11.4.13+dfsg.1-1~deb11u11.4.13+dfsg.1-1~deb11u1~bpo10+1
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1.4.14+dfsg.1-1~deb11u11.4.14+dfsg.1-1~deb11u1~bpo10+11.4.15+dfsg.1-1~deb11u11.4.15+dfsg.1-1~deb11u1~bpo10+11.4.15+dfsg.1-1~deb11u2~bpo10+1
1.4.15+dfsg.1-1~deb11u2
roundcubemail
Mageia:9
before 1.6.5-1.mga9
1.6.5-1.mga9
roundcube
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4, plus listed versions
1.3.8+dfsg.1-21.3.10+dfsg.1-11.4.1+dfsg.1-21.4.2+dfsg.1-11.4.2+dfsg.1-2
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1.4.3+dfsg.1-11.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm11.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm21.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
roundcube
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
before 1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm3, plus listed versions
1.4.11+dfsg.1-41.5.0+dfsg.1-21.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm11.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm3
roundcube
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm4, plus listed versions
1.1.1+dfsg.1-21.1.2+dfsg.1-51.1.3+dfsg.1-11.1.4+dfsg.1-11.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu11.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm11.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm21.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm3
1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
roundcube
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4, plus listed versions
1.3.0+dfsg.1-11.3.1+dfsg.1-11.3.3+dfsg.1-11.3.3+dfsg.1-21.3.6+dfsg.1-11.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm11.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm21.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
roundcubemail
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5
before 1.6.7-bp155.2.9.1
1.6.7-bp155.2.9.1
roundcubemail
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
before 1.6.7-bp155.2.9.1
1.6.7-bp155.2.9.1
roundcubemail
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 1.6.5-1.1
1.6.5-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-47272 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Debian Linux, published November 5, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in roundcube 1.5.6.

References

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