CVE-2023-38251 Adobe Commerce | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
Attackers can cause minor application denial-of-service in Adobe Commerce without user interaction, requiring a patch for stability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-38251?
CVE-2023-38251 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Commerce, published on 13 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7-beta1 (and earlier), 2.4.6-p2 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p4 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p5 (and earlier) are affected by a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead in minor application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38251?
12 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
magento/community-edition Packagist | All versions | None |
magento/community-edition Packagist | All versions | None |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.4-p1 | 2.4.4-p6 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.4-p1 | 2.4.4-p6 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.5-p1 | 2.4.5-p5 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.5-p1 | 2.4.5-p5 |
6 more packages
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.6-p1 | 2.4.6-p3 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.6-p1 | 2.4.6-p3 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.7-beta1 | 2.4.7-beta2 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.7-beta1 | 2.4.7-beta2 |
magento/project-community-edition Packagist | All versions to 2.0.2 | None |
magento/project-community-edition Packagist | All versions to 2.0.2 | None |
Products include Adobe Commerce, Adobe Magento.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38251?
Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.4-p6, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.6-p3 or 2.4.7-beta2.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-38251 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38251 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
- CVE-2024-34102 Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
- CVE-2022-24086 Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2026-48356 Adobe Commerce and Magento Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
- CVE-2026-71362 Adobe Commerce and Magento Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7pfc-834q-h497.