CVE-2016-4552 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail before 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the href attribute in an area tag in an e-mail message.

Published: 2016-12-20

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:1.2:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5539	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail before 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the href attribute in an area tag in an e-mail message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01372.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00101.html
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/5240
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/wiki/Changelog#release-120

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Roundcube Webmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-20T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.887Z

Reserved: 2016-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4552

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-20T22:59:00.227

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:47:46.013

Link: CVE-2016-4552

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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