CVE-2017-8114 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-8114?

CVE-2017-8114 is a high-severity vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail, published on 29 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. This affects versions before 1.0.11, 1.1.x before 1.1.9, and 1.2.x before 1.2.5. The problem is caused by an improperly restricted exec call in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8114?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Roundcube Webmail.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8114?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-8114 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8114 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Roundcube Webmail

• CVE-2024-42009 RoundCube Webmail Cross-Site Scripting Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2025-68461 RoundCube Webmail Cross-site Scripting Exploited High 7.2
• CVE-2008-5619 PHPMailer susceptible to arbitrary code execution Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-37385 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-42008 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 9.3

All Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-8114, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8114, DLA-933-1, GHSA-4p57-8qx3-4cjv, MGASA-2017-0181, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8114.