CVE-2019-7876 — Vulnerability in magento/product-community-edition...

HIGH

Magento 2 Community Edition RCE Vulnerability

Published May 24, 2022Updated November 28, 2024Source: osv

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2. An authenticated user with privileges to manipulate layouts can insert a malicious payload into the layout.

Advisory Timeline

First published May 24, 2022 (1602 days ago).
Last revised November 28, 2024 — 919 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update magento/product-community-edition to 2.1.18 or later

composer require "magento/product-community-edition:^2.1.18"

Composer

Update magento/product-community-edition to 2.2.9 or later

composer require "magento/product-community-edition:^2.2.9"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.1.18 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.1.18"

Composer

Update magento/product-community-edition to 2.3.2 or later

composer require "magento/product-community-edition:^2.3.2"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.2.9 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.2.9"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.3.2 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.3.2"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (6)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (2).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
magento/product-community-edition	packagist	All versions	2.1.18
magento/product-community-edition	packagist	All versions	2.2.9
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.1.0, 2.1.0-rc1, 2.1.0-rc2, 2.1.0-rc3 (+17 more)	2.1.18
magento/product-community-edition	packagist	All versions	2.3.2
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3 (+5 more)	2.2.9
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.3.0, 2.3.1	2.3.2

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-7876?: Magento 2 Community Edition RCE Vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 8.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-7876?: CVE-2019-7876 affects magento/product-community-edition and magento/community-edition. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-7876 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

8.8

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-6qh6-v99h-vh4c

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