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EspocrmApplication

CVE-2026-33740

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-13
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 9.3.4 or later.
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60/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Public exploit Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. In versions 9.3.3 and below, the POST /api/v1/Email/importEml endpoint contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability where the attacker-supplied fileId parameter is used to fetch any attachment directly from the repository without verifying that the current user has authorization to access it. Any authenticated user with Email:create and Import permissions can exploit this to read another user's .eml attachment contents by importing them as a new email into the attacker's mailbox, while the original victim attachment record is deleted as a side effect of the import flow. This is inconsistent with the standard attachment download path, which enforces ACL checks before returning file data, and is practically exploitable because attachment IDs are commonly exposed in normal UI and API workflows such as stream payloads and download links. This issue is fixed in version 9.3.4.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-639

The application uses a user-supplied identifier to look up a record without checking that the requester actually owns it, so changing the identifier in a request returns someone else's data. This is the classic insecure-direct-object-reference — the change-the-ID-in-the-URL bug. Remediation is authorizing every object access against the acting user, not merely confirming they are logged in.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
EspocrmApplication
Affected:< 9.3.4

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 9.3.4 or later
Fixed in 9.3.4
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

9.3.4

  1. 1. Back up your EspoCRM instance and database before performing any upgrade
  2. 2. Download EspoCRM version 9.3.4 from the official GitHub releases page (https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases) or your vendor's download portal
  3. 3. Follow the standard EspoCRM upgrade procedure: upload the new application files, then run the upgrade script or access /upgrade in your browser
  4. 4. Verify the upgrade was successful by logging into the administration panel and confirming the version displays as 9.3.4
  5. 5. Verify the vulnerability is patched by confirming that the /api/v1/Email/importEml endpoint now performs ACL validation before allowing access to attachments via the fileId parameter

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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