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CVE-2020-9591 — community-edition

HIGH

CVE-2020-9591 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in magento/community-edition. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Magento defense-in-depth security mitigation vulnerability

Also known asBIT-magento-2020-9591GHSA-w7rh-9w5v-rwqj
Published
Updated
Affected
3 pkgs
Patched
2 / 3
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 2, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
3.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs89th percentile — riskier than 89% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.68%1.80%2.93%4.06%1.3%3.4%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

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

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Real-World Exposure

3 pkgs affected
🐘magento/community-edition🐘magento/community-edition🐘magento/core

Real-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

Magento versions 2.3.4 and earlier, 2.2.11 and earlier (see note), 1.14.4.4 and earlier, and 1.9.4.4 and earlier have a defense-in-depth security mitigation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to admin panel.

Affected Packages

3 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistmagento/community-edition≥ 2.3.0&&< 2.3.4-p22.3.4-p2composer require magento/community-edition:^2.3.4-p2
🐘Packagistmagento/community-editionall versionsNo fix
🐘Packagistmagento/coreall versions1.9.4.5composer require magento/core:^1.9.4.5

Affected Products

1 product · 6 configurations
Application
magentomagento
≥ 2.3.0 && ≤ 2.3.4
range

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 2.3.4-p2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-9591 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Magento versions 2.3.4 and earlier, 2.2.11 and earlier (see note), 1.14.4.4 and earlier, and 1.9.4.4 and earlier have a defense-in-depth security mitigation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to admin panel.
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CVE-2020-9591: community-edition — Fixed in 2.3.4-p2