CVE-2021-46144
Publication date 6 January 2022
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
Roundcube before 1.4.13 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allows XSS via an HTML e-mail message with crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | 
|---|---|---|
| roundcube | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1.5.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 
                                
                                   
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1.4.3+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 
                                
                                   
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Fixed 1.3.6+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 
                                
                                   
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | 
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| Parameter | Value | 
|---|---|
| Base score | 
                      
                      
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| Attack vector | Network | 
| Attack complexity | Low | 
| Privileges required | None | 
| User interaction | Required | 
| Scope | Changed | 
| Confidentiality | Low | 
| Integrity impact | Low | 
| Availability impact | None | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | 
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5182-1
 - Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities
 - 8 August 2022
 
Other references
- https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/8894fddd59b770399eed4ef8d4da5773913b5bf0 (1.5.2)
 - https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/b2400a4b592e3094b6c84e6000d512f99ae0eed8 (1.4.13)
 - https://roundcube.net/news/2021/12/30/update-1.5.2-released
 - https://roundcube.net/news/2021/12/30/security-update-1.4.13-released
 - https://bugs.debian.org/1003027
 - https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/8894fddd59b770399eed4ef8d4da5773913b5bf0
 - https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/b2400a4b592e3094b6c84e6000d512f99ae0eed8
 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46144