CVE-2020-12641
Roundcube Webmail Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 13 July 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
rcube_image.php in Roundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a configuration setting for im_convert_path or im_identify_path.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 84.46% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 22 June 2023 · due 13 July 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- roundcube/webmail · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 84.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://roundcube.net/news/2020/04/29/security-updates-1.4.4-1.3.11-and-1.2.10; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12641
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00083.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-12641-Command%20Injection-RoundcubeExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/fcfb099477f353373c34c8a65c9035b06b364db3Patch
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.3...1.4.4Release Notes
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.4Release Notes
- https://roundcube.net/news/2020/04/29/security-updates-1.4.4-1.3.11-and-1.2.10Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-41Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00083.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-12641-Command%20Injection-RoundcubeExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/fcfb099477f353373c34c8a65c9035b06b364db3Patch
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.3...1.4.4Release Notes
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.4Release Notes
- https://roundcube.net/news/2020/04/29/security-updates-1.4.4-1.3.11-and-1.2.10Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-41Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-12641US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.