CVE-2020-7472

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An authorization bypass and PHP local-file-include vulnerability in the installation component of SugarCRM before 8.0, 8.0 before 8.0.7, 9.0 before 9.0.4, and 10.0 before 10.0.0 allows for unauthenticated remote code execution against a configured SugarCRM instance via crafted HTTP requests. (This is exploitable even after installation is completed.).

Affected products

SugarCRM: from 8.0.0 before 8.0.7; from 9.0.0 before 9.0.4 — fixed in 8.0.7, 9.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SugarCRM 8.0.7, 9.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Versions/10.0/Pro/Sugar_10.0.0_Release_Notes/
https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2020-043/
https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Versions/10.0/Pro/Sugar_10.0.0_Release_Notes/
https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2020-043/

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