High severity · published Sep 16, 2022
CVE-2022-38844
CSV Injection in Create Contacts in EspoCRM 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to run system commands via creating contacts with payloads capable of executing system commands
8.0
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CSV Injection in Create Contacts in EspoCRM 7.1.8 allows remote authenticated users to run system commands via creating contacts with payloads capable of executing system commands. Admin user exporting contacts in CSV file may end up executing the malicious system commands on his system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Espocrm · Espocrm
7.1.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38844
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38844
Exploit
https://medium.com/cybersecurity-valuelabs/espocrm-7-1-8-is-vulnerable-to-csv-injection-4c07494e2a76
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