CVE-2023-43770 (GCVE-0-2023-43770)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-22 00:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:37
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
Roundcube before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows XSS via text/plain e-mail messages with crafted links because of program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_string_replacer.php behavior.
References
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2024-02-12
Due date: 2024-03-04
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://roundcube.net/news/2023/09/15/security-update-1.6.3-released ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43770
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