Vtiger CRM <= 5.2.1 RCE Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:vtiger:vtiger_crm";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103289");
  script_version("2026-05-07T06:32:13+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-05-07 06:32:13 +0000 (Thu, 07 May 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-10-06 13:32:57 +0200 (Thu, 06 Oct 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_name("Vtiger CRM <= 5.2.1 RCE Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_vtiger_crm_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("vtiger/http/detected");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Vtiger CRM is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
  vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Exploiting this issue will allow attackers to execute arbitrary
  code within the context of the affected application.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Vtiger CRM version 5.2.1 and probably prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General
  solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the
  product or replace the product by another one.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49946");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.2.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);