medium Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2020-35730Roundcube — a link reference in plain text mail

Roundcube mishandles a link reference inside a plain text message, so script the sender embedded runs in the reader's session — cross-site scripting (XSS). Fixed in 1.2.13, 1.3.16 and 1.4.10.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update Roundcube to 1.2.13, 1.3.16 or 1.4.10, whichever line you run. The same link handling code has produced this class of flaw more than once.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
6.1/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
33%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2020-12-28
Added to KEV
2023-06-22
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
execution
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007
Severity
medium

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

Attacker needsThe victim must open the message.

Fixed inRoundcube Webmail >= 1.2.13, Roundcube Webmail >= 1.3.16, Roundcube Webmail >= 1.4.10

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2020-35730 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24