CVE-2020-12641 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Roundcube Webmail versions prior to 1.4.4, as well as several openSUSE distributions. It allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters into specific configuration settings. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, notably by Russian APT28 hackers targeting Ukrainian organizations, and has garnered significant community attention and media coverage. While no Metasploit or ExploitDB modules are publicly available, Nuclei templates exist for detection.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.3.0, < 1.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.