CVE-2024-45519

Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS): Command Execution

As of , CVE-2024-45519 in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 3 October 2024
US federal deadline
24 October 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.99Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 3 October 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: wiki.zimbra.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) contains an unspecified vulnerability in the postjournal service that may allow an unauthenticated user to execute commands.

CISA's description

The postjournal service in Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) before 8.8.15 Patch 46, 9 before 9.0.0 Patch 41, 10 before 10.0.9, and 10.1 before 10.1.1 sometimes allows unauthenticated users to execute commands.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
2 October 2024
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
10.0 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-284
Improper Access Control
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.
  4. CISA changed its entry. Renamed from Zimbra Collaboration to Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). Edited: description and name.

Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS): other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2026-73570OS Command InjectionSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch nowForensic triage required by CISA0.72
CVE-2019-9621Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.81; verified Exploit-DB entry0.81
CVE-2019-9670Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry0.99
CVE-2022-41352Arbitrary File UploadSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.950.95
CVE-2022-27925Arbitrary File UploadSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.990.99
CVE-2022-37042Authentication BypassSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.920.92
CVE-2023-34192Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekEPSS 0.770.77
CVE-2022-27924Command InjectionSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.940.94
CVE-2018-6882Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch this weekRansomware use0.30
CVE-2025-68645PHP Remote File InclusionSynacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)Patch soon0.49

All 17 entries for Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS)

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