Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-48848

High
Microsoft: not affectedMSmacOS: not affectedMacLinux: not affectedLnxMobile: not affectedMobNetwork: not affectedNetApplication: not affectedAppOther: affectedOth

Published: 25 May 2026

Published
25 May 2026
Modified
26 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0004 13.5th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-48848 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 13.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190).
Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Direct XSS via insufficient sanitization in public-facing webmail enables exploitation of the application itself.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

Roundcube Webmail 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.7.x before 1.7 has insufficient HTML sanitization that could lead to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) injection via an SVG document that has an animate element with the attributeName attribute.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79
OWASP Top 10 Web 2025
A05:2025

Affected Products

Roundcube
Webmail
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

EU & UK References

References