CVE-2024-37383

Roundcube Webmail: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

As of , CVE-2024-37383 in Roundcube Webmail is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 24 October 2024
US federal deadline
14 November 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.73Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 24 October 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Exploit-DB entry
Fix
Vendor advice: github.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

RoundCube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the handling of SVG animate attributes that allows a remote attacker to run malicious JavaScript code.

CISA's description

Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.7 and 1.6.x before 1.6.7 allows XSS via SVG animate attributes.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
7 June 2024
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
6.1 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
partial

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.
  4. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 52173).

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

Webmail: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2025-49113Deserialization of Untrusted DataRoundcube WebmailPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2024-42009Cross-Site ScriptingRoundcube WebmailPatch this weekEPSS 0.830.83
CVE-2020-13965Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Roundcube WebmailPatch this weekEPSS 0.770.77
CVE-2023-43770Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Roundcube WebmailPatch this weekEPSS 0.640.64
CVE-2023-5631Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Roundcube WebmailPatch this weekEPSS 0.760.76
CVE-2025-68461Cross-site ScriptingRoundcube WebmailPatch soon0.27

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