CVE-2023-38209: Adobe Security Bulletin

Security update available for Adobe Commerce | APSB23-42

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB23-42

August 8, 2023

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. This update resolves critical and important vulnerabilities.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and arbitrary file system read.

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Commerce

2.4.6-p1 and earlier
2.4.5-p3 and earlier
2.4.4-p4 and earlier
2.4.3-ext-3 and earlier*
2.4.2-ext-3 and earlier*
2.4.1-ext-3 and earlier*
2.4.0-ext-3 and earlier*
2.3.7-p4-ext-3 and earlier*

All

Magento Open Source

2.4.6-p1 and earlier
2.4.5-p3 and earlier
2.4.4-p4 and earlier

All

Note: For clarity, the affected versions listed are now listed for each release line instead of only the most recent versions.
* These versions are only applicable to customers participating in the Extended Support Program

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version.

Product

Updated Version

Platform

Priority Rating

Installation Instructions

Adobe Commerce

2.4.6-p2 for 2.4.6 and earlier
2.4.5-p4 for 2.4.5-p3 and earlier
2.4.4-p5 for 2.4.4-p3 and earlier
2.4.3-ext-4 for 2.4.3-ext-2 and earlier*
2.4.2-ext-4 for 2.4.2-ext-2 and earlier*
2.4.1-ext-4 for 2.4.1-ext-2 and earlier*
2.4.0-ext-4 for 2.4.0-ext-2 and earlier*
2.3.7-p4-ext-4 for 2.3.7-p4-ext-2 and earlier*

All

3

2.4.x release notes

Magento Open Source

2.4.6-p2 for 2.4.6 and earlier

2.4.5-p4 for 2.4.5-p3 and earlier
2.4.4-p5 for 2.4.4-p3 and earlier

All

3

Note: * These versions are only applicable to customers participating in the Extended Support Program

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

Authentication required to exploit?

Exploit requires admin privileges?

CVSS base score

CVSS vector

CVE number(s)

XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) (CWE-91)

Arbitrary file system read

Important

No

No

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2023-38207

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (‘OS Command Injection’) (CWE-78)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

Yes

Yes

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2023-38208

Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

Privilege escalation

Important

Yes

No

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2023-38209

Authentication required to exploit: The vulnerability is (or is not) exploitable without credentials.

Exploit requires admin privileges: The vulnerability is (or is not) only exploitable by an attacker with administrative privileges.

Acknowledgements

Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

• wohlie - CVE-2023-38207 and CVE-2023-38209
• Blaklis - CVE-2023-38208

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