CVE-2025-68461

Description

Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): mitre
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 7.2 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Effective score: 7.2 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-79
Reserved: 2025-12-18
Published: 2025-12-18 05:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-02-26 16:07 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68461.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2025-68461 — Roundcube Webmail: RoundCube Webmail Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CISA KEV

CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE. Federal agencies must remediate by the due date below; private orgs should treat it as priority-1.

Vulnerability name: RoundCube Webmail Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Vendor / project: Roundcube
Product: Webmail
Date added to KEV: 2026-02-20
Remediation due: 2026-03-13
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaign use: Unknown
CISA notes: https://roundcube.net/news/2025/12/13/security-updates-1.6.12-and-1.5.12 ; https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68461
CISA listing: www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published: 2025-12-18 05:15:56 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-02-23 13:24:12 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 7.2 / 10 HIGH source: cve@mitre.org
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitability subscore: 3.9 / 10
Impact subscore: 2.7 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0545 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 90.28% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID: EUVD-2025-204035
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 18, 2025, 5:00:54 AM
Updated: Feb 26, 2026, 4:07:30 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 7.2 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EUVD-reported EPSS: 6.8600
Vendors: Roundcube
Products: Webmail (1.6.0 <1.6.12)

Webmail (0 <1.5.12)
Aliases: GHSA-qqrg-hpxx-mmvw

ENISA description: Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document.

EUVD references (2)

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Roundcube	Webmail	`0` (affected), `1.6.0` (affected)	—

Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD

NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.

cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor references (2)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

Web references (8)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

https://roundcube.net/news/2025/12/13/security-updates-1.6.12-and-1.5.12 rapid7:roundcube.net
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8097-1 rapid7:ubuntu.com
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog rapid7:www.cisa.gov
https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb rapid7:github.com
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68461 rapid7:www.cve.org
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-68461 rapid7:attackerkb.com
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-204035 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org

NVD-tagged references (3)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/bfa032631c36b900e7444dfa278340b33cbf7cdb cve@mitre.org Patch
https://roundcube.net/news/2025/12/13/security-updates-1.6.12-and-1.5.12 cve@mitre.org Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68461 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 US Government Resource

Indicators (2)

IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.

Type	Value	VirusTotal	Attached
cwe	`CWE-79`	no local data	2026-05-14 02:58 UTC
cve	`CVE-2025-68461`	no local data	2026-05-14 02:58 UTC

Remediations (9)

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2026

web:www.oracle.com

This Critical Patch Update contains 481 new security patches across the product families listed below. Please note that an MOS note summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at April 2026 Critical Patch Update: Executive Summary and Analysis.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
Security Update Guide - Microsoft

web:portal.msrc.microsoft.com

The Security Update Guide provides information on the latest Microsoft security updates, helping users understand and address potential vulnerabilities effectively.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2026 - 120 Vulnerabilities Fixed, Including ...

web:cybersecuritynews.com

Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday lands with a heavy enterprise focus, fixing 120 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, developer tools, and Microsoft 365 apps, including 29 remote code execution (RCE) flaws rated Critical.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

web:www.cisa.gov

CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis | CrowdStrike

web:www.crowdstrike.com

Microsoft has released security updates for 107 vulnerabilities, including one publicly disclosed zero-day and 13 critical, in its August 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
Dangerous Fake Microsoft Windows Update Confirmed—Do Not Download

web:www.forbes.com

As security researchers warn about a dangerous Microsoft Windows update that isn't legitimate, users must pay close attention to what they are actually downloading.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
Security Update Guide FAQs - microsoft.com

web:www.microsoft.com

These Knowledge Base articles accompany all security updates and advisories, and include caveats or known issues with security updates. Additionally, support engineers document common concerns from customers in these KB articles. These Knowledge Base articles are published the Security Update Guide with each release on Patch Tuesday.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
Microsoft Technical Security Notifications

web:www.microsoft.com

Security Update Guide Notifications Microsoft's free Security Update Guide Notifications provide links to security-related software updates and notification of re-released security updates. These notifications are sent via email throughout the month as needed.

2026-05-14 15:20 UTC
CISA Required Action

CISA KEV

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2026-03-13 Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

2026-05-14 01:13 UTC

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2025-68461.json.

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