# CVE-2022-23940: Deserialization in n/a

> Authenticated users can achieve remote code execution in SuiteCRM by injecting PHP deserialization payloads into the Scheduled Reports module.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** BIT-suitecrm-2022-23940, GHSA-26v2-hwwj-jjg2

## What is CVE-2022-23940?

CVE-2022-23940 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, published on 7 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SuiteCRM through 7.12.1 and 8.x through 8.0.1 allows Remote Code Execution. Authenticated users with access to the Scheduled Reports module can achieve this by leveraging PHP deserialization in the email_recipients property. By using a crafted request, they can create a malicious report, containing a PHP-deserialization payload in the email_recipients field. Once someone accesses this report, the backend will deserialize the content of the email_recipients field and the payload gets executed. Project dependencies include a number of interesting PHP deserialization gadgets (e.g., Monolog/RCE1 from phpggc) that can be used for Code Execution.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23940?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including suitecrm. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `suitecrm` | Bitnami | All versions | 7.12.5, 8.0.4 |

Products: Salesagility Suitecrm.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23940?

Upgrade suitecrm to a fixed version for your release line: 7.12.5 or 8.0.4.

## Is CVE-2022-23940 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- PoC for CVE-2022-23940 (github_poc): https://github.com/manuelz120/CVE-2022-23940

## Other vulnerabilities in Salesagility Suitecrm

- [CVE-2024-36412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36412/): SuiteCRM unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-1644](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1644/): Suite CRM v7.14.2 - RCE via Local File Inclusion (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-45898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45898/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45899/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-8783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8783/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23940 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23940 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, published on 7 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- suitecrm (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 7.12.5, 8.0.4

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23940/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23940
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23940
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23940

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23940/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.