Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities (USN-8097-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 302761

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8097-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Roundcube Webmail did not properly sanitize the animate tag within SVG documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a cross-site scripting attack.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8097-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 302761

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8097-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2026

Updated: 3/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-sqlite3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-core, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-pgsql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:roundcube-plugins

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68461

IAVA: 2026-A-0097

USN: 8097-1