What is CVE-2020-8801?

CVE-2020-8801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-8801?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-8801 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Salesagility Suitecrm

CVE-2020-8801

SuiteCRM through 7.11.11 allows PHAR Deserialization.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2020-02-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Salesagility Suitecrm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

suitecrm.com (Product)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/4 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156324/SuiteCRM-7.11.11-Phar-Deserialization.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8801?: CVE-2020-8801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-8801?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8801 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.