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.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-fec36f9eaf advisory.

    ## Release 1.6.12

    - Support IPv6 in database DSN (#9937)
    - Don't force specific error_reporting setting
    - Fix compatibility with PHP 8.5 regarding array_first()
    - Remove X-XSS-Protection example from .htaccess file (#9875)
    - Fix Assign to group action state after creation of a first group (#9889)
    - Fix bug where contacts search would fail if `contactlist_fields` contained vcard fields (#9850)
    - Fix bug where an mbox export file could include inconsistent message delimiters (#9879)
    - Fix parsing of inline styles that aren't well-formatted (#9948)
    - Fix Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability via SVG's animate tag
    - Fix Information Disclosure vulnerability in the HTML style sanitizer





Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-58eb59741f advisory.

    ## Release 1.6.12

    - Support IPv6 in database DSN (#9937)
    - Don't force specific error_reporting setting
    - Fix compatibility with PHP 8.5 regarding array_first()
    - Remove X-XSS-Protection example from .htaccess file (#9875)
    - Fix Assign to group action state after creation of a first group (#9889)
    - Fix bug where contacts search would fail if `contactlist_fields` contained vcard fields (#9850)
    - Fix bug where an mbox export file could include inconsistent message delimiters (#9879)
    - Fix parsing of inline styles that aren't well-formatted (#9948)
    - Fix Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability via SVG's animate tag
    - Fix Information Disclosure vulnerability in the HTML style sanitizer





Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6087 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6087-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     December 19, 2025                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : roundcube     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-68460 CVE-2025-68461     Debian Bug     : 1122899

    It was discovered that roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based webmail     solution for IMAP servers, is prone to a cross-site scripting     vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document and a information     disclosure vulnerability in the HTML style sanitizer.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u6.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 1.6.12+dfsg-0+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your roundcube packages.

    For the detailed security status of roundcube please refer to its     security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/roundcube

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4415 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4415-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                       Guilhem Moulin     December 18, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : roundcube     Version        : 1.4.15+dfsg.1-1+deb11u6     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-68460 CVE-2025-68461     Debian Bug     : 1122899

    Vulnerabilities were discovered in Roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based     webmail solution for IMAP servers, which might lead to privilege     escalation or information disclosure.

    CVE-2025-68460

        Information disclosure vulnerability in the HTML style sanitizer.

    CVE-2025-68461

        Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via SVG's `<animate>` tag,         which could allow a remote attacker to load arbitrary JavaScript         code and might lead to privilege escalation or information         disclosure via malicious SVG document.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     1.4.15+dfsg.1-1+deb11u6.

    We recommend that you upgrade your roundcube packages.

    For the detailed security status of roundcube please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/roundcube

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-68461)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
279901	Fedora 42 : roundcubemail (2025-fec36f9eaf)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
279900	Fedora 43 : roundcubemail (2025-58eb59741f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
279439	Debian dsa-6087 : roundcube - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
279110	Debian dla-4415 : roundcube - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
279102	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68461	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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