CVE-2024-42008
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-42008 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
On August 4, 2024, Roundcube released patches for critical vulnerabilities CVE-2024-42008 and CVE-2024-42009 affecting its email server. These vulnerabilities allow for indirect remote code injections (XSS) that can, for example, lead to the retrieval of...
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Roundcube has critical vulnerabilities that allow for indirect remote code injections (XSS).
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Roundcube email server are affected by these vulnerabilities.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to confirmed exploitation and the critical nature of the vulnerabilities.
- Action
- Users should apply the patches released on August 4, 2024.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- unknownexploitedMultiple vulnerabilities in Roundcube (August 9, 2024)cert-fr-alerte · 2024-08-09
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