High severity · published Sep 1, 2021
CVE-2021-36042
Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability in the API File Option…
7.2
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability in the API File Option Upload Extension. An attacker with Admin privileges can achieve unrestricted file upload which can result in remote code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Commerce · Adobe
2.3.0 through 2.3.7; 2.4.0 through 2.4.2; 2.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36042
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb21-64.html
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