CVE-2022-34253 Adobe Commerce XML Injection Arbitrary code execution

What is CVE-2022-34253?

CVE-2022-34253 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Commerce, published on 16 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p2 (and earlier), 2.3.7-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Module. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Weakness: CWE-91

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34253?

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

Products include Adobe Commerce, Magento Magento.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34253?

Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.3.7-p4, 2.4.3-p3 or 2.4.5.

Is CVE-2022-34253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34253 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Commerce

• CVE-2026-75650 Adobe Commerce and Magento Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-34102 Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24086 Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Improper Input Validation Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-48356 Adobe Commerce and Magento Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2026-71362 Adobe Commerce and Magento Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability Exploited Critical 9.1

All Adobe Commerce vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-magento-2022-34253, GHSA-cj7w-pm77-hvg6.