Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw lets an attacker abuse a logged-in SuiteCRM Core user's browser to make unauthorized requests. The sources identify affected salesagility/suitecrm-core versions before 8.3.1. Because CRM systems often hold customer and sales data, successful abuse could have serious confidentiality and integrity impact.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority CRM security update. The risk is not confirmed exploited in the provided sources, but the potential impact to customer and business data is high if a logged-in user is manipulated.
Technical view
CVE-2023-3627 is a CWE-352 cross-site request forgery issue in salesagility/suitecrm-core before 8.3.1. The CVSS 3.0 score is 8.1: network reachable, low complexity, no attacker privileges, user interaction required, unchanged scope, high confidentiality and integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in organizations running salesagility/suitecrm-core versions earlier than 8.3.1, especially internet-accessible CRM deployments used by privileged staff. The source bundle does not provide CPEs or a detailed version matrix beyond “prior to 8.3.1.”
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires user interaction, consistent with CSRF: an attacker would need a victim's authenticated browser context, but no attacker account is required by the CVSS vector.
Researcher notes
Public evidence in the bundle is limited to the CVE description, huntr reference, and upstream commit. No CPEs, exploit confirmation, or detailed endpoint behavior are provided. Avoid assuming exploitability details beyond CSRF with required user interaction.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade salesagility/suitecrm-core to 8.3.1 or later.
- Review the referenced upstream commit and vendor guidance before deploying fixes.
- Prioritize externally reachable CRM environments and privileged-user workflows.
- Monitor vendor advisories for any expanded affected-version details.
Validation and detection
- Inventory SuiteCRM Core deployments and confirm installed versions.
- Verify no production instance remains below 8.3.1.
- Check whether the referenced fix commit is present in deployed code.
- Review web access logs for unusual state-changing requests by authenticated users.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-352: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.1 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N2.85.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.1HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Source materials
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CWE details
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.