CVE-2021-36037 Magento Commerce Improper Authorization Vulnerability Could Lead To Information Exposure

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can exploit improper authorization in Magento Commerce to access sensitive information.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-36037?

CVE-2021-36037 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Adobe Magento Commerce, published on 1 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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 improper authorization vulnerability. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve sensitive information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36037?

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-2021-36037?

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

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2021-36037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vrq2-w7r7-3fp2.

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