CVE-2023-38221 — Vulnerability in magento/community-edition — CVE...

MEDIUM

Magento Open Source allows SQL Injection

Published October 13, 2023Updated March 4, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7-beta1 (and earlier), 2.4.6-p2 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p4 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p5 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that could lead in arbitrary code execution by an admin-privilege authenticated attacker. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and attack complexity is high as it requires knowledge of tooling beyond just using the UI.

Advisory Timeline

First published October 13, 2023 (1095 days ago).
Last revised March 4, 2025 — 508 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.7-beta2 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.7-beta2"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.5-p5 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.5-p5"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.4-p6 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.4-p6"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.6-p3 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.6-p3"

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

Affected Packages (8)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (2).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.7-beta1	2.4.7-beta2
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.5-p1, 2.4.5-p2, 2.4.5-p3, 2.4.5-p4	2.4.5-p5
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.5	No fix available
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.4-p1, 2.4.4-p2, 2.4.4-p3, 2.4.4-p4 (+1 more)	2.4.4-p6
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.6	No fix available
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.6-p1, 2.4.6-p2	2.4.6-p3
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	2.4.4	No fix available

Vulnerability Classification

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

CWE-89
SQL InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.0 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-38221?: Magento Open Source allows SQL Injection This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 8.0/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

8.0

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-ggr8-3hwx-4f2m

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