Magento Insufficient authorization check when adding users to company accounts

published 2019-08-02 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pfxv-66r9-4gqw , EUVD-2022-4755

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

An insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2 due to insufficient authorizations checks. This can be abused by a user with admin privileges to add users to company accounts or modify existing user details.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

packagist magento/community-edition 2.1.18, 2.2.9, 2.3.2
magento magento 2.1.18, 2.2.9, 2.3.2

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	magento/community-edition	>=2.1, <2.1.18 >=2.2, <2.2.9 >=2.3, <2.3.2	2.1.18 2.2.9 2.3.2

Affected products

n/a Magento 2

Classification

Weakness

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-285 Improper Authorization

References

magento.com /security/patches/magento-2.3.2-2.2.9-and-2.1.18-security-update-13
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7872
advisory
github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/magento/product-community-edition/CVE-2019-7872.yaml
web
github.com /magento/magento2
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-7872
GitHub Advisory GHSA-pfxv-66r9-4gqw
NVD CVE-2019-7872

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Summary