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Magento OS command injection via the WebAPI

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 11, 2024

Package

composer magento/community-edition (Composer)

Affected versions

< 2.3.6-p1
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2

Patched versions

2.3.6-p1
2.4.2

Description

Magento versions 2.4.1 (and earlier), 2.4.0-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6 (and earlier) are vulnerable to OS command injection via the WebAPI. Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution by an authenticated attacker. Access to the admin console is required for successful exploitation.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 11, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jan 11, 2024
Last updated Jan 11, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-21016

GHSA ID

GHSA-792f-c8mp-2cr5

Source code

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