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CVE-2025-48700 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability

Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in user sessions, potentially compromising sensitive information.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A reflected or stored XSS flaw in ZCS enables attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute within authenticated user contexts, facilitating credential theft, session hijacking, and unauthorized access to email and collaboration data.

CISA KEV Yes · 2026-04-203EPSS 0.01761 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
2 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 2026-04-20).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.01761 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Synacor, Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) — weakness family: Web / client.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution 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.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I craft a malicious link or inject payload into a ZCS interface field that reflects or stores unsanitized user input.
Business
Attackers gain ability to execute code in user browsers without additional authentication barriers.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I deliver the payload to target users via phishing, social engineering, or by compromising a trusted communication channel.
Business
User click-through rates and social engineering success increase when attacks appear to originate from trusted internal systems.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I capture session tokens, credentials, or sensitive data from the DOM or local storage when the victim's browser executes my script.
Business
Attackers obtain valid session credentials and can impersonate users to access email, calendars, and shared documents.
4

Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4

Attacker
I use stolen sessions to access mailboxes, exfiltrate confidential communications, or modify collaboration content.
Business
Confidential business communications, intellectual property, and customer data are exposed or altered without detection.
5

Lights out — disruption & extortion narrative 5

Attacker
I maintain persistence by modifying user settings, creating forwarding rules, or injecting backdoors into shared resources.
Business
Long-term unauthorized access enables ongoing data theft, compliance violations, and reputational damage.
04

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.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • 2 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Catalogued by mitre (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by mitreCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.