CVE-2026-33657

MEDIUM

EspoCRM: Stored HTML injection in email notifications about stream notes via unescaped post field

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-33657. PoCs published by EntroVyx.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2026-33657, which targets a stored HTML injection vulnerability in EspoCRM 9.3.3. The exploit authenticates to the target, creates a malicious Note with HTML payload, and triggers email notifications that render the unescaped HTML.

Description

EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. Versions 9.3.3 and below have a stored HTML injection vulnerability that allows any authenticated user with standard (non-administrative) privileges to inject arbitrary HTML into system-generated email notifications by crafting malicious content in the post field of stream activity notes. The vulnerability exists because server-side Handlebars templates render the post field using unescaped triple-brace syntax, the Markdown processor preserves inline HTML by default, and the rendering pipeline explicitly skips sanitization for fields present in additionalData, creating a path where attacker-controlled HTML is accepted, stored, and rendered directly into emails without any escaping. Since the emails are sent using the system's configured SMTP identity (such as an administrative sender address), the injected content appears fully trusted to recipients, enabling phishing attacks, user tracking via embedded resources like image beacons, and UI manipulation within email content. The @mention feature further increases the impact by allowing targeted delivery of malicious emails to specific users. This issue has been fixed in version 9.3.4.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by EntroVyx · poc
https://github.com/EntroVyx/CVE-2026-33657

This repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2026-33657, which targets a stored HTML injection vulnerability in EspoCRM 9.3.3. The exploit authenticates to the target, creates a malicious Note with HTML payload, and triggers email notifications that render the unescaped HTML.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: EspoCRM 9.3.3
Auth required
Prerequisites: valid EspoCRM credentials · target running EspoCRM 9.3.3 · ability to send HTTP requests to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed May 12, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases/tag/9.3.4

Scores

CVSS v3 4.6
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-116 CWE-80
Status published
Products (1)
espocrm/espocrm < 9.3.4 (2 CPE variants)
Published Apr 13, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 14, 2026