CVE-2021-36024 Magento Commerce Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used In A Command

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

An attacker with admin privileges can achieve remote code execution via command injection in the Data collection endpoint.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-36024?

CVE-2021-36024 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Adobe Magento Commerce, published on 1 Sep 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used In A Command via the Data collection endpoint. An attacker with admin privileges can upload a specially crafted file to achieve remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36024?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versionsNone
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versionsNone
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versions2.3.7-p1
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versions2.3.7-p1
magento/community-edition PackagistFrom 2.4.2-p12.4.2-p2
magento/community-edition PackagistFrom 2.4.2-p12.4.2-p2
2 more packages
magento/project-community-edition PackagistAll versions to 2.0.2None
magento/project-community-edition PackagistAll versions to 2.0.2None

Products include Adobe Adobe Commerce, Adobe Magento Open Source.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36024?

Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.3.7-p1 or 2.4.2-p2.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-36024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qmq6-jpvg-j547.

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