SugarCRM (ConnectorsController) Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
• Software Link:
• Affected Versions:
All versions prior to 7.9.4.0 and 7.11.0.0.
• Vulnerability Description:
The vulnerability is located within the ConnectorsController::action_CallRest() method. User input passed through the “url” request parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in a call to the file_get_contents() PHP function. This can be exploited to carry out Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
• Solution:
Update to versions 7.9.4.0, 7.11.0.0, or later.
• Disclosure Timeline:
[09/10/2017] – Vendor notified
[28/03/2018] – Fixed versions released and security advisory published
[31/12/2018] – Publication of this advisory
• CVE Reference:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has not assigned a CVE identifier for this vulnerability.
• Credits:
Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.
• Other References:
https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2018-004/