CVE-2023-38208: Magento Open Source allows Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used

August 9, 2023 (updated March 4, 2025)

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p1 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (‘OS Command Injection’) vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution by an admin-privilege authenticated attacker. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mxc9-g6m4-2v35
github.com/magento/magento2
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb23-42.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38208

Code Behaviors & Features

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