CVE-2022-27925: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) contains flaw in the mboximport functionality, allowing an authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to perform remote code execution. This vulnerability was chained with CVE-2022-37042 which allows for unauthenticated remote code execution.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A flaw in the mboximport functionality allows authenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files for remote code execution.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users of Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the potential for remote code execution.
- Action
- Apply the security updates from Synacor.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27925
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2022-27925Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-27925 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Synacor Zimbra Collaboration
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownVulnerability in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration (July 7, 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-07-07
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-48700: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-04-20
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-66376: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-03-18
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-7796: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-02-17
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-68645: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-01-22
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-27915: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-10-07
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