Roundcube before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows XSS via text/plain e-mail messages with crafted links because of program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_string_replacer.php behavior.

According to its self-reported version number, Roundcube Webmail is prior to 1.4.14 or 1.5.x prior to 1.5.4 or 1.6.x prior to 1.6.3. Therefore, it may be affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via text/plain e-mail messages with crafted links.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6654-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail incorrectly sanitized characters in the linkrefs text messages.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2023-43770)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3577 advisory.

  - Roundcube before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows XSS via text/plain e-mail     messages with crafted links because of program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_string_replacer.php behavior.
    (CVE-2023-43770)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
114553	Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x < 1.6.3 Cross-Site-Scripting	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
114552	Roundcube Webmail 1.5.x < 1.5.4 Cross-Site-Scripting	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
114551	Roundcube Webmail < 1.4.14 Cross-Site-Scripting	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	medium
190993	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : Roundcube Webmail vulnerability (USN-6654-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
181792	Debian DLA-3577-1 : roundcube - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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