CVE-2025-49557

HIGH

Magento Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Published August 12, 2025Updated August 15, 2025Source: osv

Summary

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-alpha1, 2.4.8-p1, 2.4.7-p6, 2.4.6-p11, 2.4.5-p13, 2.4.4-p14 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be exploited by a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. These scripts may be used to escalate privileges within the application or compromise sensitive user data. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. Scope is changed.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.5-p14 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.5-p14"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.7-p7 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.7-p7"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.4-p15 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.4-p15"

Composer

Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.6-p12 or later

composer require "magento/community-edition:^2.4.6-p12"

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

Affected Packages (6)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.5-p1, 2.4.5-p10, 2.4.5-p11, 2.4.5-p12 (+9 more)	2.4.5-p14
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.8	No fix available
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.7-p1, 2.4.7-p2, 2.4.7-p3, 2.4.7-p4 (+2 more)	2.4.7-p7
magento/community-edition	packagist	0.1.0-alpha100, 0.1.0-alpha101, 0.1.0-alpha102, 0.1.0-alpha103 (+147 more)	2.4.4-p15
magento/community-edition	packagist	2.4.6-p1, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.6-p11, 2.4.6-p2 (+7 more)	2.4.6-p12
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

Vulnerability Classification

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

CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.7 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-49557?: Magento Cross-site Scripting vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 8.7/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-49557?: CVE-2025-49557 affects magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2025-49557 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

8.7

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-8mq8-c243-2335

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