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CVE-2020-13965 Detail

Description

An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.3.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5. There is XSS via a malicious XML attachment because text/xml is among the allowed types for a preview.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-13965-Cross%20Site-Scripting%20via%20Malicious%20XML%20Attachment-Roundcube CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/884eb611627ef2bd5a2e20e02009ebb1eceecdc3 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.4...1.4.5 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.3.12 CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.5 CVE, MITRE Release Notes 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLESQ4LPJGMSWHQ4TBRTVQRDG7IXAZCW/ CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODPJXBHZ32QSP4MYT2OBCALYXSUJ47SK/ CVE, MITRE Mailing List 
https://roundcube.net/news/2020/06/02/security-updates-1.4.5-and-1.3.12 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-13965 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4700 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability 06/26/2024 07/17/2024 Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-13965
NVD Published Date:
06/08/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/04/2025
Source:
MITRE