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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2021-28584 json

Magento Commerce path traversal vulnerability in child theme store creation

published 2021-06-28 5 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-magento-2021-28584 , EUVD-2022-3003 , GHSA-7gpv-xrjr-f5h4

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Magento versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.1-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6-p1 (and earlier) are affected by a Path Traversal vulnerability when creating a store with child theme.Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write by an authenticated attacker. Access to the admin console is required for successful exploitation.

Patch / fix

  • packagist magento/community-edition 2.3.7, 2.4.2-p1
  • bitnami magento 2.3.6, 2.4.2, 2.4.3
  • magento magento 2.3.6

Exploit prediction

1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist magento/community-edition
>=2.4.0, <2.4.2-p1
<2.3.7
2.4.2-p1
2.3.7
packagist magento/project-community-edition
<=2.0.2
no fix listed
bitnami magento
<2.3.6
>=2.4.1, <2.4.2
>=2.4.2, <2.4.3
2.3.6
2.4.2
2.4.3

Affected products

  • Adobe Magento Commerce

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.