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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13965

An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.3.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5. There is XSS via a malicious XML attachment because text/xml is among the allowed types for a preview.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:50 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-13965

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jun 2020, 03:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.3.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5. There is XSS via a malicious XML attachment because text/xml is among the allowed types for a preview.

osv:CVE-2020-13965
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13965",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13965",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Roundcube Webmail before 1.3.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5. There is XSS via a malicious XML attachment because text/xml is among the allowed types for a preview.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13965",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-13965",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-roundcube-2020-13965",
        "CVE-2020-13965"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "7a792f8a907819e03d733b9885ac651a82b15429"
                },
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9898599d3ed504a604fd5bdc5fa0bea75129dadc"
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                {
                  "fixed": "884eb611627ef2bd5a2e20e02009ebb1eceecdc3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.3.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "1.4.5"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "884eb611627ef2bd5a2e20e02009ebb1eceecdc3"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
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                    ],
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                  },
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
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                  }
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            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "1.4.3",
            "1.4.2",
            "1.4.1",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.10",
            "1.3.9",
            "1.3.8",
            "1.3.7",
            "1.3.6",
            "1.3.5",
            "1.3.4",
            "1.3.3",
            "1.3.2",
            "1.3.1",
            "1.3.0",
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            "1.2-rc",
            "1.2-beta",
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            "1.1-rc",
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            "v0.1-beta2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:48.659662780Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-13965",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.3.12",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.5",
        "https://roundcube.net/news/2020/06/02/security-updates-1.4.5-and-1.3.12",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4700",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/884eb611627ef2bd5a2e20e02009ebb1eceecdc3",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/compare/1.4.4...1.4.5",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLESQ4LPJGMSWHQ4TBRTVQRDG7IXAZCW/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODPJXBHZ32QSP4MYT2OBCALYXSUJ47SK/",
        "https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2020-13965-Cross%20Site-Scripting%20via%20Malicious%20XML%20Attachment-Roundcube"
      ],
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                    "last_affected": "10.0"
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
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                  },
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                  },
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                  },
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-13965",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382977,
  "published_at": "2020-06-09T03:15:11.25+00:00"
}