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CVE-2017-16651

7.8, high Known exploited

Roundcube Webmail File Disclosure Vulnerability

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab) CISA KEV catalogue (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
46% higher than 98.7% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
9 Nov 20178 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Nov 2021. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

Roundcube Webmail before 1.1.10, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows unauthorized access to arbitrary files on the host's filesystem, including configuration files, as exploited in the wild in November 2017. The attacker must be able to authenticate at the target system with a valid username/password as the attack requires an active session. The issue is related to file-based attachment plugins and _task=settings&_action=upload-display&_from=timezone requests.

Details

Vendor
Roundcube and 1 more
Product
Webmail
Weakness
CWE-552 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

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

References 10

Exploit code 1

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 7

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Roundcube CVEs

Every Roundcube CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2025-68461 RoundCube Webmail Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability KEV EPSS 27% 6.1, medium
  • CVE-2025-49113 RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2024-42009 RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability KEV EPSS 83% 9.3, critical
  • CVE-2024-37383 RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability KEV EPSS 73% 6.1, medium
  • CVE-2023-5631 Roundcube Webmail Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability KEV EPSS 76% 5.4, medium
  • CVE-2023-43770 Roundcube Webmail Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability KEV EPSS 64% 6.1, medium
  • CVE-2021-44026 Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 70% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2020-35730 Roundcube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability KEV EPSS 33% 6.1, medium

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.