Threats / SugarCRM / CVE-2023-22952
CVE-2023-22952
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
SugarCRM Multiple Products vulnerability
SugarCRM multiple products contain a remote code execution vulnerability in EmailTemplates allowing custom PHP code injection via specially crafted requests.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated or low-privileged attacker can inject arbitrary PHP code through EmailTemplates functionality, achieving remote code execution on affected SugarCRM instances. Active exploitation in the wild with high EPSS score indicates immediate risk.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
28 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-02-02).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.80274 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: SugarCRM, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-20 Improper Input Validation.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious request targeting the EmailTemplates endpoint with embedded PHP code.
Business
The organization's SugarCRM instance becomes a beachhead for unauthorized system access and data exfiltration.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary PHP commands on the server to establish persistence and lateral movement.
Business
Attackers gain sustained control over customer relationship data, email communications, and integrated business systems.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I escalate privileges and pivot to connected infrastructure or databases.
Business
Breach scope expands beyond CRM to enterprise networks, increasing incident response costs and regulatory exposure.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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