# CVE-2022-24879: Malfunction of Cross-Site Request Forgery token validation

> Attackers can bypass CSRF protection in Shopware due to token validation flaws, potentially performing unauthorized actions on behalf of users.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pf38-v6qj-j23h

## What is CVE-2022-24879?

CVE-2022-24879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shopware Shopware, published on 28 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Shopware is an open source e-commerce software platform. Versions prior to 5.7.9 are vulnerable to malfunction of cross-site request forgery (CSRF) token validation. Under certain circumstances, the CSRF tokens were not generated anew and not validated correctly. This issue is fixed in version 5.7.9. Users of older versions may attempt to mitigate the vulnerability by using the Shopware security plugin.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24879?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including shopware/shopware. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `shopware/shopware` | Packagist | From 5.2.0 | 5.7.9 |
| `shopware/shopware` | Packagist | From 5.2.0 | 5.7.9 |

Products: Shopware Shopware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-24879?

Upgrade shopware/shopware to 5.7.9 or later.

## Is CVE-2022-24879 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24879 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Shopware Shopware

- [CVE-2023-22731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22731/): Improper Control of Generation of Code in Twig rendered views in shopware (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-3109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3109/): Shopware RCE Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-22406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22406/): Blind SQL-injection in DAL aggregations in Shopware (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-32711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32711/): Leak of information via Store-API (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-31887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31887/): Shopware unauthenticated data extraction possible through store-api.order endpoint (high 8.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24879 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-24879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shopware Shopware, published on 28 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24879 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- shopware/shopware (Packagist): affected from 5.2.0; fixed in 5.7.9
- shopware/shopware (Packagist): affected from 5.2.0; fixed in 5.7.9

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24879/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24879/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24879
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24879
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24879

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24879/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.