CVE-2015-8770
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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 22.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Roundcube Webmail 1.1.3 - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39245webapps, phppublished 15 Jan 2016Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 39245 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.4% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- GLSA-201603-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3541 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://trac.roundcube.net/changeset/10e5192a2b/github (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160113 Remote Code Execution in Roundcube (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://roundcube.net/news/2015/12/26/updates-1.1.4-and-1.0.8-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1490620 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135274/Roundcube-1.1.3-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39245 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23283 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-8642 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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