Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2020-13965

Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Published Jun 8, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Roundcube Roundcube Webmail

Patch now

CVE-2020-13965 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 17, 2024. Confirm Roundcube Roundcube Webmail against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Medium6.1
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
76.60%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe debian/debian linux · cpe fedoraproject/fedora · cpe roundcube/webmail · vendor Roundcube Roundcube Webmail · vendor Roundcube Webmail

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.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe debian/debian linux10.0
  • cpe debian/debian linux9.0
  • cpe fedoraproject/fedora31
  • cpe fedoraproject/fedora32
  • cpe roundcube/webmailversion unspecified
  • vendor Roundcube Roundcube Webmailversion unspecified
  • vendor Roundcube Webmailversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-13965

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-13965 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 17, 2024. Confirm Roundcube Roundcube Webmail against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 10.0; debian/debian linux 9.0. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS); CWE-80: Basic XSS. EPSS 76.60%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 8, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 26, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Jul 17, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-13965

    Roundcube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to manipulate data via a malicious XML attachment.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-13965

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-13965

    30-day exploitation probability 76.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-13965

    Roundcube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to manipulate data via a malicious XML attachment.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.