CVE-2024-20717 Stored admin XSS via PayPal authentication certificate
Low-privileged attackers can inject malicious scripts via PayPal certificate fields, leading to code execution in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20717?
CVE-2024-20717 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Adobe Commerce, published on 15 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.4-p6 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20717?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Commerce.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20717?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-20717 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20717 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-4fxx-ppqm-m98c.