CVE-2008-5619: roundcube webmail Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5619 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Code Injection vulnerability in roundcube webmail. EPSS estimates a 58.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 17-12-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.