SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2024-42009

CVE-2024-42009 on CISA KEV

A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows a remote attacker to steal and send emails of a victim via a crafted e-mail message that abuses a Desanitization issue in message_body() in program/actions/mail/show.php.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1

Vendor / Product
— / —
Added to KEV
BOD 22-01 due
Ransomware use
CVSS / EPSS
9.3 · EPSS —

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows a remote attacker to steal and send emails of a victim via a crafted e-mail message that abuses a Desanitization issue in message_body() in program/actions/mail/show.php.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

- CISA KEV: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

No additional references available in the KB record.

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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