CVE-2021-41597
Published: 12 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-41597 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 36.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-28611
Vulnerability details
SuiteCRM through 7.11.21 is vulnerable to CSRF, with resultant remote code execution, via the UpgradeWizard functionality, if a PHP file is included in a ZIP archive.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.