CVE-2022-23940

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 53.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

SuiteCRM through 7.12.1 and 8.x through 8.0.1 allows Remote Code Execution. Authenticated users with access to the Scheduled Reports module can achieve this by leveraging PHP deserialization in the email_recipients property. By using a crafted request, they can create a malicious report, containing a PHP-deserialization payload in the email_recipients field. Once someone accesses this report, the backend will deserialize the content of the email_recipients field and the payload gets executed. Project dependencies include a number of interesting PHP deserialization gadgets (e.g., Monolog/RCE1 from phpggc) that can be used for Code Execution.

Affected products

salesagility SuiteCRM: before 7.12.5; from 8.0 before 8.0.4 — fixed in 7.12.5, 8.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: salesagility SuiteCRM 7.12.5, 8.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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