CVE-2015-8770

high
Published 2016-01-29 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the set_skin function in program/include/rcmail_output_html.php in Roundcube before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to read arbitrary files or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the _skin parameter to index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39245 webapps php
High-Tech Bridge SA ยท 2016-01-15

Roundcube Webmail 1.1.3 - Directory Traversal

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.1.4+dfsg.1-1
sid Fixed 1.1.4+dfsg.1-1
forky Fixed 1.1.4+dfsg.1-1
bullseye Fixed 1.1.4+dfsg.1-1
bookworm Fixed 1.1.4+dfsg.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
roundcuberoundcube_webmail{"endIncluding":"1.0.7"}
roundcuberoundcube_webmail1.1.0
roundcuberoundcube_webmail1.1.1
roundcuberoundcube_webmail1.1.2
roundcuberoundcube_webmail1.1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.