CVE-2012-3508
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in program/lib/washtml.php in Roundcube Webmail 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using "javascript:" in an href attribute in the body of an HTML-formatted email.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in program/lib/washtml.php in Roundcube Webmail 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using "javascript:" in an href attribute in the body of an HTML-formatted email.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.20% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 August 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- roundcube/webmail
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50279Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=139281&id=309011
- http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1488613
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/9
- http://www.securelist.com/en/advisories/50279
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/5ef8e4ad9d3ee8689d2b83750aa65395b7cd59eePatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50279Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=139281&id=309011
- http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1488613
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/9
- http://www.securelist.com/en/advisories/50279
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/5ef8e4ad9d3ee8689d2b83750aa65395b7cd59eePatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.