CVE-2023-38207 — community-edition
HIGHCVE-2023-38207 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) 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 (aka Blind XPath Injection) Arbitrary file system read
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- 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-2023-38207.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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
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Description
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p1 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p4 (and earlier) are affected by a XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) vulnerability that could lead in minor arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.6-p1&&< 2.4.6-p2 | 2.4.6-p2composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.6-p2 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.5-p1&&< 2.4.5-p4 | 2.4.5-p4composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.5-p4 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.4-p1&&< 2.4.4-p5 | 2.4.4-p5composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.4-p5 |
Affected Products
commerceadobeDetection & 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
A fix is available for CVE-2023-38207; check the affected-versions list above or the advisory for the patched release of magento/community-edition, then make sure no transitive dependency still pins the vulnerable range.
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
Is CVE-2023-38207 in your dependencies?
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