CVE-2025-59428 EspoCRM allows arbitrary user creation via stored SVG injection and CSRF
Attackers can create administrative accounts via stored SVG injection and CSRF, requiring victim credential entry, affecting EspoCRM users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59428?
CVE-2025-59428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in espocrm, published on 14 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. In versions before 9.1.9, a vulnerability allows arbitrary user creation, including administrative accounts, through a combination of stored SVG injection and lack of CSRF protection. An attacker with Knowledge Base edit permissions can embed a malicious SVG element containing a link in the body field of an article. When an authenticated user clicks the malicious link, they are redirected to an attacker-controlled HTML page that executes a CSRF request against the api/v1/User endpoint. If the victim is prompted for and enters their credentials, an attacker-controlled account is created with privileges determined by the CSRF payload. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.9.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59428?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Espocrm Espocrm.
How do I fix CVE-2025-59428?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59428 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-59428 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-59428 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in espocrm
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c26c-wvhr-fr6r.