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CVE-2021-42840

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2021-10-22 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

SuiteCRM before 7.11.19 allows remote code execution via the system settings Log File Name setting. In certain circumstances involving admin account takeover, logger_file_name can refer to an attacker-controlled PHP file under the web root, because only the all-lowercase PHP file extensions were blocked. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-28328.

Affected Platforms

Salesagility Suitecrm

Weakness Type

CWE-434

References