CVE-2021-36028

CRITICAL

Magento has an XML Injection vulnerability

Published May 24, 2022Updated November 7, 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 when saving a configurable product. 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-91
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CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

—

Confidentiality

—

Integrity

—

Availability

—

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-36028?: Magento has an XML Injection vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2021-36028?: CVE-2021-36028 affects magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2021-36028 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-5pjj-7fq8-9gpf

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