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CVE-2023-5631

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5631 is a critical stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Roundcube versions before 1.4.15, 1.5.5, and 1.6.4, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via crafted SVG documents in HTML emails. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to credential theft and email compromise. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by CISA and various media reports, and has garnered significant community discussion, despite the absence of public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100 underscore the urgent need for patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:roundcube:webmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
75.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Oct 26, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7587 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 15,225 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Mailing ListPatch
github.com / roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/41756cc3331b495cc0b71886984474dc529dd31d
Patch
github.com / roundcube/roundcubemail/commit/6ee6e7ae301e165e2b2cb703edf75552e5376613
Patch
github.com / roundcube/roundcubemail/issues/9168
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.4.15
Release Notes
github.com / roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.5.5
Release Notes
github.com / roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/tag/1.6.4
Release Notes
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00035.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/LK67Q46OIEGJCRQUBHKLH3IIJTBNGGX4
Mailing List
roundcube.net / news/2023/10/16/security-update-1.6.4-released
Release Notes
roundcube.net / news/2023/10/16/security-updates-1.5.5-and-1.4.15
Release Notes
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5531
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/11/01/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/11/01/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/11/17/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory