CVE-2021-36020: Magento XML Injection vulnerability in the 'City' field

May 24, 2022 (updated November 6, 2025)

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 ‘City’ field. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvpx-6hh8-7h72
github.com/magento/magento2
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb21-64.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36020

Code Behaviors & Features

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