GHSA-wqr6-wv6c-p8fx

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    GHSA-wqr6-wv6c-p8fx

    Published: 6 Sept 2023Last Modified: 6 Nov 2025

    Summary: Magento improper access control vulnerability within Magento's Media Gallery Upload workflow

    Details: Magento versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper access control vulnerability within Magento's Media Gallery Upload workflow. By storing a specially crafted file in the website gallery, an authenticated attacker with administrative privilege can gain access to delete the .htaccess file. This could result in the attacker achieving remote code execution.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36036, https://github.com/magento/magento2, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb21-64.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: magento/project-community-edition

    Purl: pkg:composer/magento/project-community-edition

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0-alpha100
    0.1.0-alpha101
    0.1.0-alpha102
    0.1.0-alpha103
    0.1.0-alpha104
    0.1.0-alpha105
    0.1.0-alpha106
    0.1.0-alpha107
    0.1.0-alpha108
    0.1.0-alpha89
    0.1.0-alpha90
    0.1.0-alpha91
    0.1.0-alpha92
    0.1.0-alpha93
    0.1.0-alpha94
    0.1.0-alpha95
    0.1.0-alpha96
    0.1.0-alpha97
    0.1.0-alpha98
    0.1.0-alpha99

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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