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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-68461
Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)
Description

Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 18, 2025, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 2, 2026, 4:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-68461 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Roundcube webmail
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Roundcube Webmail to the latest versions to fix XSS vulnerability.
  • Update Roundcube Webmail to 1.5.12 or later.
  • Update Roundcube Webmail to 1.6.12 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-68461 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-68461.

URL Resource
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb Patch
https://roundcube.net/news/2025/12/13/security-updates-1.6.12-and-1.5.12 Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-68461 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-68461 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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cyberleelawat/CVE-Templete

None

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 25, 2025, 3:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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gotr00t0day/CVE-2025-68461

A C++ security scanner tool to detect Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Roundcube Webmail installations.

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Updated: 2 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 22, 2025, 5:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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rxerium/CVE-2025-68461

Detection for CVE-2025-68461

Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
15 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Dec. 19, 2025, 11:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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rxerium/stars

A list of all of my starred repos, automated using Github Actions 🌟

github-actions stars

Updated: 6 days, 12 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 4, 2023, 11:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 39 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-68461 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • security.nl
Roundcube Webmail XSS-lek laat aanvaller e-mailaccounts overnemen

Een kwetsbaarheid in Roundcube Webmail maakt het mogelijk voor aanvallers om op afstand e-mailaccounts over te nemen. Beveiligingslekken in RoundCube zijn in het verleden vaker gebruikt bij aanvallen ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 02, 2026 (5 days, 4 hours ago)

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-68461 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 02, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.12 *cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.6.0 up to (excluding) 1.6.12
    Added Reference Type MITRE: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type MITRE: https://roundcube.net/news/2025/12/13/security-updates-1.6.12-and-1.5.12 Types: Vendor Advisory
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb
    Added Reference https://roundcube.net/news/2025/12/13/security-updates-1.6.12-and-1.5.12
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
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