Duty Analyst: Joseph McCarthy

CVE-2026-48842

Published: 2026-05-25 20:16:37 | Last modified: 2026-05-26 19:26:43

HIGH CVSS 8.1
No EPSS data

Description

Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1 has Pre-authentication SQL injection in the virtuser_query plugin via a preg_replace() backslash escape bypass.

CVSS details

Severity
high
Score
8.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

This CVE is not currently listed in the EPSS dataset.

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        "published": "2026-05-25T20:16:36.630",
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