Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as EspoCRM administrator
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ExploitSubmit crafted scope/language to Label Manager API
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ExecutionInsufficient path validation traverses outside custom directory
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ImpactRead, modify, create, or delete arbitrary JSON files
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. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated session with administrator privileges (PR:H) and access to the administrative Label Manager feature, which exposes the vulnerable getScopeData/saveLabels actions that accept 'scope' and 'language' parameters. Exploitation is limited by: (1) the need for full admin rights, which is a high bar and reduces this to a privilege-abuse/defense-in-depth concern; (2) filesystem permissions and server configuration, which bound which JSON files the web server/PHP process can actually read or write; (3) the impact being scoped to JSON files accessible to the application rather than arbitrary file types. No end-user interaction is required (UI:N), and the vector is reachable over the network against any EspoCRM instance prior to 9.3.10 whose admin panel is accessible to the attacker. |
| Impact | This is a moderate, low-priority issue for most environments. The input CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L = 5.5 Medium) is the binding constraint: PR:H means exploitation requires an authenticated administrator, which the description independently confirms ('an authenticated administrator can provide crafted input'). An attacker who already holds full admin rights over EspoCRM has limited incentive to abuse a Label Manager path-traversal bug, which substantially caps real-world risk despite the AV:N network vector. Signals are largely consistent rather than conflicting: there is NO CISA KEV listing and NO EPSS value supplied, so there is no evidence of active or widespread exploitation; a POC/patch commit is publicly available but POC availability is distinct from active exploitation. One notable discrepancy: the vendor vector sets C:N, yet the description explicitly says the flaw 'permits reading ... JSON files,' which does imply some confidentiality impact (e.g., reading config JSON) - this suggests the official vector slightly understates confidentiality and should be verified with the vendor. No SSVC decision data was provided. Net assessment: a genuine post-authentication integrity flaw worth patching, but gated behind admin access and not an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has obtained EspoCRM administrator credentials (via phishing, credential reuse, or a malicious/compromised admin) opens the administrative Label Manager and submits a crafted 'scope' or 'language' value containing path-traversal sequences. Because input is not validated, the request escapes the intended custom-language directory and lets the attacker read, overwrite, create, or delete JSON files the web application can access, subject to filesystem permissions. A public patch/commit exists demonstrating the vulnerable code path, so a working exploit is trivially reconstructable. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026
An authenticated administrator on EspoCRM instances prior to 9.3.10 can abuse the administrative Label Manager to read, modify, create, or delete JSON files outside the intended language directory by supplying crafted 'scope' and 'language' parameters. Exploitation requires a full administrator session (CVSS PR:H) and is bounded by filesystem permissions and server configuration, which limits the reachable files to those the PHP/web-server process can access, making this mainly a privilege-abuse and defense-in-depth concern rather than a path to arbitrary file compromise. Publicly available exploit code exists (the vendor's advisory and a fix commit were published), but there is no CISA KEV entry confirming active exploitation; EPSS data was not provided, so exploit likelihood should be treated as elevated but not critical.
RemediationAI
Upgrade EspoCRM to version 9.3.10, the first release containing the fix (vendor-released patch: 9.3.10, available at https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases/tag/9.3.10); the upstream fix consists of commit 31540a04ca8ea96519c7dbf2d8d2273218e69ce6 and can be backported to custom forks by adding the string-type checks, the basename($scope) = $scope / basename($language) = $language guards, and the BadRequest exceptions in application/Espo/Controllers/LabelManager.php, plus the basename() sanitization of language and scope in application/Espo/Core/Utils/Language.php. Because the vulnerability is only reachable by an authenticated administrator, the highest-value compensating controls are reducing the number of admin accounts (enforce least privilege and rotate administrator credentials, since a compromised admin session is the sole precondition), restricting network access to the administrative panel (/api/v1/... and the admin UI) to trusted IP ranges via reverse-proxy ACLs or a VPN, and, where file-level hardening is possible, running the PHP/web-server process under a user whose write access is limited to the specific writable directories EspoCRM requires so that traversal cannot reach unrelated JSON files; each of these mitigations carries trade-offs, as IP allow-listing can disrupt legitimate remote administration and restrictive filesystem permissions can break legitimate cache/upload functionality. Also monitor EspoCRM logs for Label Manager requests containing path separators or '..' sequences in the scope or language parameters as a detection measure, and note that vendor advisories cited in the references (GHSA-jr5q-25fw-27f8) should be consulted for any updated guidance.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is a classic CWE-22 path traversal in the PHP-based EspoCRM application, specifically in the Label Manager administration feature. EspoCRM stores per-scope translation files as JSON under a language directory, and the vulnerable controller application/Espo/Controllers/LabelManager.php passed the user-supplied 'scope' and 'language' values from the postActionGetScopeList and saveLabels requests directly into the label manager tool. Downstream, application/Espo/Core/Utils/Language.php interpolated those same values into path strings such as 'languages/' . $language and str_replace('{language}', $this->currentLanguage, $this->customPath) . "/$scope.json", with no normalization or containment check. Because the parameters were only checked for emptiness (and not for string type), sequences such as '../' could escape the intended directory and reach arbitrary .json files within the process's reach. The upstream fix enforces type and format validation: the controller now rejects non-string values, throws BadRequest when scope/language are missing, and requires basename($scope) = $scope and basename($language) = $language; Language.php additionally applies basename() to the language and scope before building paths. The CPE record cpe:2.3:a:espocrm:espocrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with a wildcard version confirms the vendor/product identification, with the fixed boundary being the 9.3.10 release.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Admin-only Label Manager yields PR:H over the network (AV:N/AC:L); I raise C to L because the description explicitly permits reading JSON files, with I:H and A:L for file write/delete.
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
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2DescriptionCVE.org
EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. Prior to 9.3.10, an authenticated administrator can provide crafted input to the administrative Label Manager. Insufficient path validation allows traversal outside the intended directory and permits reading, modifying, creating, or deleting JSON files accessible to the application, subject to filesystem permissions and server configuration. This issue is fixed in version 9.3.10.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-102108
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