Magento XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update LayoutGHSA-8cjg-f53m-8m9q
CRITICALGHSA-8cjg-f53m-8m9q is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.1) OS Command Injection vulnerability in magento/project-community-edition. A fix is available for magento/project-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-8cjg-f53m-8m9q.
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
Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/project-community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | 2.3.7-p1composer require magento/community-edition:^2.3.7-p1 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.2-p1&&< 2.4.2-p2 | 2.4.2-p2composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.2-p2 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
magentomagentoDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for magento/project-community-edition, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
A fix is available for GHSA-8cjg-f53m-8m9q; check the affected-versions list above or the advisory for the patched release of magento/project-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
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