Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0413 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail 0.2

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
roundcube
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2009-02-03
Updated: 2017-08-08

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2 stable allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the background attribute embedded in an HTML e-mail message.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Roundcube
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-1204.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2009-0413 to the following vulnerability: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2 stable allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the background attribute embedded in an HTML e-mail message. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0413 http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372 http://secunia.com/advisories/33622 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48129 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id37289
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37289
    titleFedora 10 : roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc10 (2009-1204)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2009-1204.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(37289);
  script_version ("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0413");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2009-1204");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"33622");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 10 : roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc10 (2009-1204)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Security fix for: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an
identifier CVE-2009-0413 to the following vulnerability: Cross-site
scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2
stable allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML
via the background attribute embedded in an HTML e-mail message.
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0413
http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372
http://secunia.com/advisories/33622
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48129

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245"
  );
  # http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372"
  );
  # http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48129
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?204c363c"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484052"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2009-February/019658.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?285637b6"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected roundcubemail package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_cwe_id(79);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:roundcubemail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 10.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC10", reference:"roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc10")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "roundcubemail");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-1256.NASL
    descriptionUpgrade to 0.2 stable Following security fix is included as well: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2009-0413 to the following vulnerability: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2 stable allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the background attribute embedded in an HTML e-mail message. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0413 http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372 http://secunia.com/advisories/33622 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48129 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35594
    published2009-02-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35594
    titleFedora 9 : roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc9 (2009-1256)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2009-1256.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(35594);
  script_version ("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0413");
  script_bugtraq_id(33372);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2009-1256");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"33622");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 9 : roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc9 (2009-1256)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Upgrade to 0.2 stable Following security fix is included as well:
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier
CVE-2009-0413 to the following vulnerability: Cross-site scripting
(XSS) vulnerability in RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2 stable
allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
background attribute embedded in an HTML e-mail message. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0413
http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372
http://secunia.com/advisories/33622
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48129

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245"
  );
  # http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33372"
  );
  # http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48129
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?204c363c"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484052"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2009-February/019722.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bdf24f69"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected roundcubemail package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(79);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:roundcubemail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/02/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 9.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC9", reference:"roundcubemail-0.2-7.stable.fc9")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "roundcubemail");
}
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_35C0B572125A11DEA9640030843D3802.NASL
    descriptionSecunia reports : Some vulnerabilities have been reported in RoundCube Webmail, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system and by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks and compromise a vulnerable system. The HTML
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35935
    published2009-03-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35935
    titleFreeBSD : roundcube -- webmail script insertion and php code injection (35c0b572-125a-11de-a964-0030843d3802)

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 33372 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2009-0413 RoundCube Webmail是一个基于浏览器的IMAP客户端。 RoundCube Webmail没有正确地过滤HTML邮件消息的background属性，用户受骗查看了恶意邮件就会导致在浏览器会话中执行任意HTML和脚本代码。 RoundCube Webmail 0.2-stable 厂商补丁： RoundCube --------- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载： http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/2245
idSSV:15025
last seen2017-11-19
modified2009-12-04
published2009-12-04
reporterRoot
titleRoundcube Webmail邮件消息HTML注入漏洞

References