Suitecrm
CVE-2024-36418
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
SuiteCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. SuiteCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Prior to versions 7.14.4 and 8.6.1, a vulnerability in connectors allows an authenticated user to perform a remote code execution attack. Versions 7.14.4 and 8.6.1 contain a fix for this issue. Affected products include: Salesagility Suitecrm.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
SuiteCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Prior to versions 7.14.4 and 8.6.1, a vulnerability in connectors allows an authenticated user to perform a remote code execution attack. Versions 7.14.4 and 8.6.1 contain a fix for this issue.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
SuiteCRM before 7.11.19 allows remote code execution via the system settings Log File Name setting. Rated high severity
SuiteCRM before 7.11.17 is vulnerable to remote code execution via the system settings Log File Name setting. Rated high
SuiteCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.
Code Injection in GitHub repository salesagility/suitecrm prior to 7.14.2, 7.12.14, 8.4.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS
SQL Injection in GitHub repository salesagility/suitecrm prior to 7.14.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulne
SuiteCRM before 7.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerabil
An issue was discovered in SuiteCRM 7.12.7. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable,
Suite CRM version 7.14.2 allows including local php files. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotel
Code Injection in GitHub repository salesagility/suitecrm prior to 7.14.2, 7.12.14, 8.4.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8
Path Traversal: '\..\filename' in GitHub repository salesagility/suitecrm prior to 7.14.2, 7.12.14, 8.4.2. Rated high se
Code Injection in GitHub repository salesagility/suitecrm prior to 7.14.2, 7.12.14, 8.4.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository salesagility/suitecrm-core prior to 8.3.1. Rated high severity (C
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