CVE-2022-34253 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.1) CWE-91 vulnerability in magento/community-edition. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Adobe Commerce XML Injection Arbitrary code execution
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-34253.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p2 (and earlier), 2.3.7-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Module. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | 2.3.7-p4composer require magento/community-edition:^2.3.7-p4 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.4&&< 2.4.5 | 2.4.5composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.5 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.0&&< 2.4.3-p3 | 2.4.3-p3composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.3-p3 |
Affected Products
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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 2.3.7-p4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-34253 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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