CVE-2019-7139 — magento/community-edition
CRITICALCVE-2019-7139 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in magento/community-edition. 2 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Magento 2 Community Edition SQLi Vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2019-7139 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 10–50% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
magento/community-edition🐘magento/community-edition🐘magento/community-editionReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
An unauthenticated user can execute SQL statements that allow arbitrary read access to the underlying database, which causes sensitive data leakage. This issue is fixed in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.1.0&&< 2.1.18 | 2.1.18composer require magento/community-edition:^2.1.18 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.2.0&&< 2.2.9 | 2.2.9composer require magento/community-edition:^2.2.9 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.3.0&&< 2.3.2 | 2.3.2composer require magento/community-edition:^2.3.2 |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for magento/community-edition, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update magento/community-edition to 2.1.18 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-7139 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2019-7139 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2019-7139. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect CVE-2019-7139
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2019-7139 -u https://target- Template
- Magento - SQL Injection
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Unauthenticated attackers can execute SQL injection to extract sensitive database contents including customer information, payment details, and administrative credentials, potentially leading to complete store compromise.
- Remediation
- This issue is fixed in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (MaStErChO), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2019-7139 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2019-7139 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.