CVE-2025-54784
📋 TL;DR
SuiteCRM versions 7.14.0 through 7.14.6 contain a stored XSS vulnerability in the email viewer. An attacker can send a malicious email that executes JavaScript when viewed by any authenticated user, potentially allowing session hijacking, data theft, or admin account takeover. All organizations using affected SuiteCRM versions are vulnerable.
💻 Affected Systems
- SuiteCRM
📦 What is this software?
Suitecrm by Salesagility
Suitecrm by Salesagility
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Administrator views malicious email, allowing attacker to execute arbitrary actions as admin, leading to complete system compromise, data exfiltration, or ransomware deployment.
Likely Case
Regular user views malicious email, allowing attacker to steal session cookies, access user data, or perform actions within that user's permissions.
If Mitigated
With proper email filtering and user awareness, malicious emails are blocked or users avoid suspicious emails, limiting exploitation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires attacker to send malicious email to target's inbox and victim to view it. No authentication bypass needed beyond email delivery.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 7.14.7
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/SuiteCRM/SuiteCRM/security/advisories/GHSA-vg8q-xcq5-mh3p
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Backup your SuiteCRM instance and database. 2. Download SuiteCRM version 7.14.7 from official sources. 3. Follow SuiteCRM upgrade documentation to apply the update. 4. Verify the update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Email Viewer
allTemporarily disable the email viewer module to prevent exploitation while planning upgrade.
Email Filtering
allImplement aggressive email filtering to block HTML emails or suspicious content at the mail server level.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict script execution
- Restrict email access to trusted senders only and educate users about email risks
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check SuiteCRM version in Admin panel or via 'php -r "include 'version.php'; echo $suitecrm_version;"' in installation directory.Check Version:
php -r "include 'version.php'; echo $suitecrm_version;"Verify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 7.14.7 or higher and test email viewer with safe test payloads.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual email viewing patterns
- JavaScript errors in application logs
- Suspicious outbound connections after email viewing
Network Indicators:
- Unexpected outbound HTTP requests from SuiteCRM server after email access
SIEM Query:
source="suitecrm" AND (event="email_view" OR event="javascript_error")