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CVE-2023-22952

97
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-22952 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting SugarCRM versions prior to 12.0 Hotfix 91155. It allows authenticated attackers to inject custom PHP code via crafted requests to EmailTemplates due to insufficient input validation. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This RCE is actively exploited in the wild, with public Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates available, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sugarcrm:sugarcrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sugarcrm:sugarcrm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
80.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Feb 2, 2023
Metasploit: SugarCRM unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) · Dec 28, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2023-22952 · Mar 17, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8027 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/171320/SugarCRM-12.x-Remote-Code-Execution-Shell-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.sugarcrm.com / Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2023-001
Vendor Advisory