CVE-2021-36023

CRITICAL

Magento XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout

Published September 6, 2023Updated November 6, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.3.7-p1 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.3.7-p1"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.2-p2 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.2-p2"

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

Affected Packages (5)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.3.7	No fix available
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.2	No fix available
magento/project-community-edition	packagist	0.1.0-alpha100, 0.1.0-alpha101, 0.1.0-alpha102, 0.1.0-alpha103 (+49 more)	Range-based data available
magento/community-edition	packagist	0.1.0-alpha100, 0.1.0-alpha101, 0.1.0-alpha102, 0.1.0-alpha103 (+118 more)	2.3.7-p1
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.2-p1	2.4.2-p2

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-78
OS Command InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.1 score means for each attack dimension.

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-36023?: Magento XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.1/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2021-36023?: CVE-2021-36023 affects magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2021-36023 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.1

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-8cjg-f53m-8m9q

BIT-magento-2021-36023

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