What is CVE-2021-41597?

CVE-2021-41597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-41597?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-41597 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Salesagility Suitecrm

CVE-2021-41597

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2022-01-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Salesagility Suitecrm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

suitecrm.com (Product)
github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM (Product)
docs.suitecrm.com/admin/releases/7.10.x/ (Release Notes)
github.com/ach-ing/cves/blob/main/CVE-2021-41597.md (Third Party Advisory)
docs.suitecrm.com/admin/releases/ (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41597?: CVE-2021-41597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-41597?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-41597 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.