Description

EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. In versions 9.3.3 and below, the POST /api/v1/Attachment/fromImageUrl endpoint is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via a DNS rebinding (TOCTOU) condition. Host validation uses dns_get_record() but the actual HTTP request resolves hostnames through curl's internal resolver (gethostbyname()), allowing the two lookups to return different IP addresses for the same hostname. A secondary issue exists where an empty DNS result (due to DNS failure, IPv6-only domains, or non-existent hostnames) causes the validation to implicitly allow the host without further checks. An authenticated attacker with default attachment creation access can exploit this gap to bypass internal IP restrictions and scan internal network ports, confirm the existence of internal hosts, and interact with internal HTTP-based services, though data extraction from binary protocol services and remote code execution are not possible through this endpoint. This issue has been fixed in version 9.3.4.

Weaknesses 2

Affected Products 1

References 3

• github.com https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/commit/dca03cc3458e487362c26c746378a2d4de9990b1
  Patch
• github.com https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases/tag/9.3.4
  Release Notes
• github.com https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/security/advisories/GHSA-6m4j-fwrx-crh7
  ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

• github.com https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/commit/dca03cc3458e487362c26c746378a2d4de9990b1
  Patch