CVE-2026-48842 (GCVE-0-2026-48842)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 19:06 – Updated: 2026-05-25 19:06
VLAI
Summary
Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7.1 has Pre-authentication SQL injection in the virtuser_query plugin via a preg_replace() backslash escape bypass.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Roundcube Webmail Affected: 1.6.0 , < 1.6.16 (semver)
Affected: 1.7.0 , < 1.7.1 (semver)
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