Admin-to-admin stored XSS via cache poisoning

published 2023-06-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gfmm-ww6f-5mm5 , EUVD-2023-32872

cvss: 9.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p2 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p3 (and earlier) are affected by a Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution by an admin-privilege authenticated attacker. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

packagist magento/community-edition 2.4.4-p4, 2.4.5-p3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-03-05)

Exploit prediction

1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	magento/community-edition	1 listed version >=2.4.5-p1, <2.4.5-p3 >=2.4.4-p1, <2.4.4-p4	2.4.5-p3 2.4.4-p4
packagist	magento/project-community-edition	<=2.0.2	no fix listed

Affected products

Adobe Magento Commerce

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/magento/apsb23-35.html
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29297
advisory
github.com /magento/magento2
package

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.

Summary