CVE-2019-7859 Magento 2 Community Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-7859?

CVE-2019-7859 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Magento Magento, published on 2 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability in the WYSIWYG editor for Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2 could result in unauthorized access to uploaded images due to insufficient access control.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7859?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition. It affects 1 product.

Products include Magento Magento.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7859?

Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.1.18, 2.2.9 or 2.3.2.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2019-7859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hqhf-8jgc-h5hx.