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CVE-2020-24401 — community-edition

MEDIUM

CVE-2020-24401 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-863 vulnerability in magento/community-edition. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Magento 2 Community Edition Incorrect Authorization

Also known asBIT-magento-2020-24401GHSA-f2g3-3c6q-4478
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
1 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 5, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs84th percentile — riskier than 84% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.98%1.95%2.93%0.3%2.3%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
🐘magento/community-edition🐘magento/project-community-edition

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Description

Magento versions 2.4.0 and 2.3.5p1 (and earlier) are affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A user can still access resources provisioned under their old role after an administrator removes the role or disables the user's account.

Affected Packages

2 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistmagento/community-editionall versions2.4.1composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.1
🐘Packagistmagento/project-community-editionall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 8 configurations
Application
magentomagento
< 2.3.5
2 versions
2.3.52.4.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    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.

  2. Fix

    Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-24401 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.

Frequently Asked Questions

Magento versions 2.4.0 and 2.3.5p1 (and earlier) are affected by an incorrect authorization vulnerability. A user can still access resources provisioned under their old role after an administrator removes the role or disables the user's account.
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CVE-2020-24401: community-edition — Fixed in 2.4.1