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CVE-2026-48849 — Roundcube Webmail

CVSS v3.1 4.4 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 0.0% (higher than 9.8% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 2.6/10 · Published 2026-05-25

As of 2026-05-26, CVE-2026-48849 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail, CVSS v3.1 4.4, EPSS 0.0% (9.8th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-48849, most recently “Roundcube Webmail Pre-Auth SQL Injection in virtuser_query Plugin (CVE-2026-48842) — Patched in 1.6.16 / 1.7.1 Alongside 7 Other Vulnerabilities”.

Last updated: 2026-05-26

What is CVE-2026-48849?

In Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1, an unsanitized subject field in the draft restored value could lead to stored XSS/HTML/CSS injection on shared mailboxes.

The record classifies CVE-2026-48849 under weakness class CWE-79. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs a user to take an action first. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 110 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
4.4 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS (FIRST)
0.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.8% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
2.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2026-05-25, last modified 2026-05-26

Is CVE-2026-48849 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 10 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-48849

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-48849 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-48849

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-48849, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Seeded from cveorg and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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