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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-9846

In Roundcube from versions 1.2.0 to 1.3.5, with the archive plugin enabled and configured, it's possible to exploit the unsanitized, user-controlled "_uid" parameter (in an archive.php _task=mail&_mbox=INBOX&_action=plugin.move2archive request) to perform an MX (IMAP) injection attack by placing an IMAP command after a %0d%0a sequence. NOTE: this is less easily exploitable in 1.3.4 and later because of a Same Origin Policy protection mechanism.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-9846

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Apr 2018, 21:29 UTC

In Roundcube from versions 1.2.0 to 1.3.5, with the archive plugin enabled and configured, it's possible to exploit the unsanitized, user-controlled "_uid" parameter (in an archive.php _task=mail&_mbox=INBOX&_action=plugin.move2archive request) to perform an MX (IMAP) injection attack by placing an IMAP command after a %0d%0a sequence. NOTE: this is less easily exploitable in 1.3.4 and later because of a Same Origin Policy protection mechanism.

osv:CVE-2018-9846
Complete source record
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  "id": "05cf28067449cf34dd565abda32f8515368a2d3d79296ab63565d32315f61c3d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9846",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-9846",
    "summary": "In Roundcube from versions 1.2.0 to 1.3.5, with the archive plugin enabled and configured, it's possible to exploit the unsanitized, user-controlled \"_uid\" parameter (in an archive.php _task=mail&_mbox=INBOX&_action=plugin.move2archive request) to perform an MX (IMAP) injection attack by placing an IMAP command after a %0d%0a sequence. NOTE: this is less easily exploitable in 1.3.4 and later because of a Same Origin Policy protection mechanism.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-9846",
    "products": [],
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8922e3e076b011d7756dd777b926c65be1e296bf"
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              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "1.2.0"
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                        "last_affected": "1.3.5"
                      }
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                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-9846.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:32.572822046Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://medium.com/%40ndrbasi/cve-2018-9846-roundcube-303097048b0a",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4181",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/6229",
        "https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/6238"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-9846",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381840,
  "published_at": "2018-04-07T21:29:00.413+00:00"
}