RoundCube Webmail email messages cross-site scripting
| roundcube-email-messages-xss (38981) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
RoundCube Webmail is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of HTML email messages. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using HTML tags to inject malicious expressions into an email message which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the message is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- RoundCube, RoundCube Webmail 0.1 rc2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of RoundCube Webmail (0.2-alpha or later), available from the The RoundCube Webmail Project Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Dec 09 2007 - 07:39:34 CST, Unsanitized scripting in RoundCube webmail at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-12/0107.html.
- The RoundCube Webmail Project Web page, RoundCube Webmail at http://www.roundcube.net/.
- BID-26800: RoundCube Webmail CSS Expression Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6321: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube webmail 0.1rc2, 2007-12-09, and earlier versions, when using Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via style sheets containing expression commands.
- SA30734: RoundCube Webmail Script Insertion Vulnerability
Reported:
Dec 09, 2007
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