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CVE-2021-28584 (GCVE-0-2021-28584)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-28 13:49 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:43
VLAI
Title
Magento Commerce path traversal vulnerability in child theme store creation
Summary
Magento versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.1-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6-p1 (and earlier) are affected by a Path Traversal vulnerability when creating a store with child theme.Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write by an authenticated attacker. Access to the admin console is required for successful exploitation.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Magento Commerce Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.4.2 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.3.6-p1 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.4.1-p1 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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Date Public
2021-05-11 00:00
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