---
id: "CVE-2025-68461"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-68461"]
title: "Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the\u2026"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.2
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "roundcube webmail", "fixed": ["1.5.12"], "affected": "< 1.5.12", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "roundcube webmail", "fixed": ["1.6.12"], "affected": ">= 1.6.0, < 1.6.12", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "Roundcube Webmail", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["email", "exploited", "other", "roundcube", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2025-12-18T05:15:56+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-24T00:09:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-68461", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68461", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00"}]
---

# Roundcube Webmail before 1.5.12 and 1.6 before 1.6.12 is prone to a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the…

Roundcube Webmail has a cross-site scripting flaw triggered by an animate tag inside an SVG document. An attacker who gets a user to open a crafted message can run script in the victim's webmail session and read or act on their mail.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:roundcube webmail affected < 1.5.12 fixed 1.5.12
- vendor:roundcube webmail affected >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.12 fixed 1.6.12
- vendor:Roundcube Webmail affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Upgrade Roundcube Webmail to a fixed release, or follow vendor mitigations. Exact fixed version: unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-68461
- 2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68461

## From the sources

RoundCube Webmail contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the animate tag in an SVG document.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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