CVE-2024-39398

HIGH

Magento does not properly restrict excessive authentication attempts

Published August 14, 2024Updated November 6, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Magento versions 2.4.7-p1, 2.4.6-p6, 2.4.5-p8, 2.4.4-p9 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform brute force attacks and potentially gain unauthorized access to accounts. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, but attack complexity is high.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.5-p9 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.5-p9"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.4-p10 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.4-p10"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.7-p2 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.7-p2"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.6-p7 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.6-p7"

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

Affected Packages (9)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.5-p1, 2.4.5-p2, 2.4.5-p3, 2.4.5-p4 (+4 more)	2.4.5-p9
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.4-p1, 2.4.4-p2, 2.4.4-p3, 2.4.4-p4 (+5 more)	2.4.4-p10
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.7, 2.4.7-beta1, 2.4.7-beta2, 2.4.7-beta3 (+1 more)	2.4.7-p2
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.7	No fix available
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.5	No fix available
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.6-p1, 2.4.6-p2, 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.6-p4 (+2 more)	2.4.6-p7
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.6	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	2.4.4	No fix available

Vulnerability Classification

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

CWE-307
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CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.4 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-39398?: Magento does not properly restrict excessive authentication attempts This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 7.4/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2024-39398?: CVE-2024-39398 affects magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2024-39398 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

7.4

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-q628-54wg-4r5q

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