CVE-2024-20720 — community-edition
CRITICALCVE-2024-20720 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.1) OS Command Injection vulnerability in magento/community-edition. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Command injection in data collector backup due to insufficient patching of CVE-2023-38208
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-2024-20720.
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-p3, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.4-p6 and earlier are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability that could lead in arbitrary code execution by an attacker. 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-p4 | 2.4.6-p4composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.6-p4 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.5-p1&&< 2.4.5-p6 | 2.4.5-p6composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.5-p6 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.4-p1&&< 2.4.4-p7 | 2.4.4-p7composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.4-p7 |
Affected Products
commerceadobeResearch 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
A fix is available for CVE-2024-20720; 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
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-20720 in your dependencies?
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