Security advisory

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  "id": "ad40d50f14f54c5a3e36a3b91d0a60c57981d10b90476c610f66ca48d9b1eb5f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42008",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-42008",
    "summary": "A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in rcmail_action_mail_get->run() in Roundcube through 1.5.7 and 1.6.x through 1.6.7 allows a remote attacker to steal and send emails of a victim via a malicious e-mail attachment served with a dangerous Content-Type header.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-42008",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-42008",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-42008"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ed988390312e0ad16843dbd1eb7a1e82241545d2"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "993b888afe29c383bf45c84f17090f4db96367ba"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "44ed0d6fb0cefe30c9c7892c61c34a21a7213c56"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.5.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.6.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "1.5.8"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "44ed0d6fb0cefe30c9c7892c61c34a21a7213c56"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "1.6.8"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.5.7",
            "1.6.7",
            "1.6.6",
            "1.5.6",
            "1.6.5",
            "1.5.5",
            "1.6.4",
            "1.6.3",
            "1.5.4",
            "1.6.2",
            "1.6.1",
            "1.5.3",
            "1.6.0",
            "1.5.2",
            "1.5.1",
            "1.5.0",
            "1.5-rc",
            "1.5-beta",
            "1.4-rc2",
            "1.4-rc1",
            "1.4-beta",
            "1.3-beta",
            "1.2-rc",
            "1.2-beta",
            "1.1.0",
            "1.1-rc",
            "1.1-beta",
            "v0.1-beta2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42008.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:22.240528367Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.8",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.8",
        "https://roundcube.net/news/2024/08/04/security-updates-1.6.8-and-1.5.8",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42008.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42008",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases",
        "https://sonarsource.com/blog/government-emails-at-risk-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-roundcube-webmail/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42008.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-42008",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 488512,
  "published_at": "2024-08-05T00:00:00+00:00"
}