# CVE-2014-9587: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user sessions via CSRF in address book or plugin operations, requiring user interaction to execute malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9587, GHSA-ch25-8vj3-jr7x

## What is CVE-2014-9587?

CVE-2014-9587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail, published on 15 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Roundcube Webmail before 1.0.4 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors, related to (1) address book operations or the (2) ACL or (3) Managesieve plugins.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9587?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Roundcube Webmail.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9587?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-9587 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Roundcube Webmail

- [CVE-2024-42009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42009/): RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-68461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68461/): RoundCube Webmail Cross-site Scripting (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2008-5619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5619/): PHPMailer susceptible to arbitrary code execution (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-37385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37385/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42008/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9587 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail, published on 15 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Roundcube Webmail. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9587/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9587/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9587
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9587
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9587

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9587/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.