Magento improper input validation vulnerabilityGHSA-f8fv-f786-9933
CRITICALGHSA-f8fv-f786-9933 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in magento/community-edition. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-15) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. A fix is available for magento/community-edition — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-15. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-03-01.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for GHSA-f8fv-f786-9933.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-f8fv-f786-9933 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
magento/community-edition🐘magento/community-editionReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability during the checkout process. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and could result in arbitrary code execution.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.3.3-p1&&< 2.3.7-p3 | 2.3.7-p3composer require magento/community-edition:^2.3.7-p3 |
| 🐘Packagist | magento/community-edition | ≥ 2.4.0&&< 2.4.3-p2 | 2.4.3-p2composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.3-p2 |
Affected Products
commerceadobemagentoadobeResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7-p2 (and earlier…
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
Update magento/community-edition to 2.3.7-p3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-f8fv-f786-9933 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.
How to detect GHSA-f8fv-f786-9933
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-f8fv-f786-9933 -u https://target- Template
- Adobe Commerce (Magento) - Remote Code Execution
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Attackers can execute arbitrary code on the server, potentially leading to full system compromise.
- Remediation
- Update to the latest version of Adobe Commerce that addresses this vulnerability.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (daffainfo), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-f8fv-f786-9933 in your dependencies?
Find it across Packagist, including transitive dependencies.