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CVE-2023-22952: In SugarCRM before 12.0.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 89/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Feb 2, 2023). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 23, 2023.
  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 80.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
  • 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.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Patch today or shut off access. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

In SugarCRM before 12.0. Hotfix 91155, a crafted request can inject custom PHP code through the EmailTemplates because of missing input validation.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded
Published
Jan 11, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
80.1% · 99th percentile

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Action score

89

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
24 / 30 · 80.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Feb 2, 2023. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 23, 2023.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
sugarcrmsugarcrm

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sugarcrm sugarcrm11.0.0 and later · before 11.0.5
  • sugarcrm sugarcrm12.0.0 and later · before 12.0.2

Same product

sugarcrm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-25034SugarCRM PHP Deserialization RCE
    60This week
  • CVE-2012-0694SugarCRM CE <= 6.3.1 contains scripts that use "unserialize()" with user controlled input which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
    60This week
  • CVE-2014-3244XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the RSSDashlet dashlet in SugarCRM before 6.5.17 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files
    41Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-28956Oct 22, 2021 · Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Sales module of SugarCRM v6.5.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web script
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-36501Oct 22, 2021 · Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Support module of SugarCRM v6.5.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scri
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-35808Jun 17, 2023 · An issue was discovered in SugarCRM Enterprise before 11.0.6 and 12.x before 12.0.3.
    35Monitor

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

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2023-22952 —
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/sugarcrm_webshell_cve_2023_22952SugarCRM unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)exploit2022-12-28

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.

  1. Metasploit-14 d
  2. Published
  3. CISA KEV+22 d
  4. TodayOct 26, 2026+1384 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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 researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

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-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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