# Roundcube Webmail: Webmail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> RoundCube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow 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. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-06-09.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/roundcube-webmail-cve-2024-42009 · generated 2026-10-23T04:59:28.006Z

## Status
- Severity: critical · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Roundcube Webmail
- Started: 2025-06-09 · closed: 2025-06-09
- CVEs: CVE-2024-42009
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-06-09: CISA added CVE-2024-42009 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-30).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Roundcube Webmail: Webmail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/roundcube-webmail-cve-2024-42009 · status: closed (closed Jun 9, 2025) · severity: critical · updated Jun 9, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
RoundCube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow 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. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-06-09.

Severity detail: CVSS 9.3 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Roundcube Webmail
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-42009

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Jun 9, 2025: CISA added CVE-2024-42009 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-30).

## Advisories
- [Roundcube advisory: Roundcube Webmail](https://roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8) (Roundcube)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-42009](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42009) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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