# CVE-2024-49774: ModuleScanner flaws in SuiteCRM

> Attackers can bypass blacklist checks to install malicious modules and execute arbitrary code in SuiteCRM.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** BIT-suitecrm-2024-49774, GHSA-9v56-vhp4-x227

## What is CVE-2024-49774?

CVE-2024-49774 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, published on 5 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SuiteCRM is an open-source, enterprise-ready Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software application. SuiteCRM relies on the blacklist of functions/methods to prevent installation of malicious MLPs. But this checks can be bypassed with some syntax constructions. SuiteCRM uses token_get_all to parse PHP scripts and check the resulted AST against blacklists. But it doesn't take into account all scenarios. This issue has been addressed in versions 7.14.6 and 8.7.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49774?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `suitecrm` | Bitnami | All versions | 7.14.6, 8.7.1 |

Products: Salesagility Suitecrm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49774?

Upgrade suitecrm to a fixed version for your release line: 7.14.6 or 8.7.1.

## Is CVE-2024-49774 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2024-49774 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49774 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, published on 5 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- suitecrm (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 7.14.6, 8.7.1

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-2024-49774/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49774/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49774
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49774
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49774

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49774/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.