Magento Open Source Path Traversal vulnerabilityGHSA-6pxh-2557-5cj5
MEDIUMGHSA-6pxh-2557-5cj5 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in magento/community-edition. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.
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 GHSA-6pxh-2557-5cj5.
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 2.4.7-p1, 2.4.6-p6, 2.4.5-p8, 2.4.4-p9 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An admin attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to files and directories that are outside the restricted directory. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.7-p1&&< 2.4.7-p2 | 2.4.7-p2composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.7-p2 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.6-p1&&< 2.4.6-p7 | 2.4.6-p7composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.6-p7 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.5-p1&&< 2.4.5-p9 | 2.4.5-p9composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.5-p9 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
commerceadobemagentoadobeDetection & 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
Update magento/community-edition to 2.4.7-p2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6pxh-2557-5cj5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-6pxh-2557-5cj5 in your dependencies?
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