Adobe Commerce Incorrect Authorization Security feature bypass

published 2023-08-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3vg2-v639-6ch9 , EUVD-2023-42029

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p1 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p4 (and earlier) are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could lead to a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access other user's data. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

packagist magento/community-edition 2.4.4-p5, 2.4.5-p4, 2.4.6-p2
adobe commerce 2.4.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-26)

Exploit prediction

0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

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

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	magento/community-edition	1 listed version >=2.4.6-p1, <2.4.6-p2 >=2.4.5-p1, <2.4.5-p4 >=2.4.4-p1, <2.4.4-p5	2.4.6-p2 2.4.5-p4 2.4.4-p5
packagist	magento/project-community-edition	<=2.0.2	no fix listed

Affected products

Adobe Magento Commerce

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/magento/apsb23-42.html
vendor-advisory, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38209
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