Bitrix24 Remote Command Execution (RCE) via Unsafe Variable Extraction
Unsafe variable extraction in bitrix/modules/main/classes/general/user_options.php in Bitrix24 22.0.300 allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) appending arbitrary content to existing PHP files or (2) PHAR deserialization.
- Published
- Nov 1, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.4% · 72th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-502
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · STAR_Labs
- 8.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| bitrix24 | bitrix24 | cpe:2.3:a:bitrix24:bitrix24 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- bitrix24 bitrix2422.0.300
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (STAR_Labs). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Bitrix24 Bitrix24
- up to and including 22.0.300affected
Same product
bitrix24: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-27228In the vote (aka "Polls, Votes") module before 21.0.100 of Bitrix Site Manager, a remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code45Plan
- CVE-2023-1719Bitrix24 Insecure Global Variable Extraction40Plan
- CVE-2020-13484Bitrix24 through 20.0.975 allows SSRF via an intranet IP address in the services/main/ajax.php?action=attachUrlPreview url parameter, if the40Plan
- CVE-2023-1717Bitrix24 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Client-side Prototype Pollution38Monitor
- CVE-2023-1716Bitrix24 Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Improper Input Neutralization on Invoice Edit Page (2 of 2)38Monitor
- CVE-2023-1718Bitrix24 Denial-of-Service (DoS) via Improper File Stream Access37Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Lam Jun Rong & Li JiantaoSTAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd. (@starlabs_sg)finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Data received over the network is deserialized into the language’s native object format without verifying its source. Code paths inside the object can be triggered during deserialization.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-502 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
payload = sock.recv(65536)job = pickle.loads(payload)Fixed
payload = sock.recv(65536)if not hmac.compare_digest(sign(payload), header_sig): raise PermissionError("invalid signature")job = JobSchema.validate(json.loads(payload))Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.