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CVE-2025-68645: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-68645
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 a PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability that could allow for remote attackers to craft requests to the /h/rest endpoint to influence internal request dispatching, allowing inclusion of arbitrary files from the WebRoot directory.

CSIRTS triage

What
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files from the WebRoot directory via crafted requests.
Who is affected
Deployments of Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the patched version of ZCS as soon as possible.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2026-01-22
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68645

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-68645coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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