CVE-2020-35730: Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Roundcube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an attacker to send a plain text e-mail message with Javascript in a link reference element that is mishandled by linkref_addinindex in rcube_string_replacer.php.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows an attacker to send a plain text e-mail message with Javascript.
- Who is affected
- Users of Roundcube Webmail.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is critical and actively exploited.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Roundcube Webmail.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35730
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2020-35730Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-35730 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-68461: RoundCube Webmail Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-02-20
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-42009: RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-06-09
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-37383: RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-10-24
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-13965: Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-06-26
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-43770: Roundcube Webmail Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-02-12
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-5631: Roundcube Webmail Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-10-26
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