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Fencer Intel
high 8.8

CVE-2015-6497 json

Magento arbitrary PHP code execution via the productData parameter

published 2020-01-15 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-j4fq-3fm7-wh5v , EUVD-2022-4273

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.4%
EPSS 7.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The create function in app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Api/V2.php in Magento Community Edition (CE) before 1.9.2.1 and Enterprise Edition (EE) before 1.14.2.1, when used with PHP before 5.4.24 or 5.5.8, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via the productData parameter to index.php/api/v2_soap.

Patch / fix

  • packagist magento/core 1.9.2.1
  • magento magento 1.9.2.1, 1.14.2.1

Exploit prediction

7.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133544/Magento-1.9.2-File-Inclusion.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blog.mindedsecurity.com http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2015/09/autoloaded-file-inclusion-in-magento.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • karmainsecurity.com http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-04 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/48 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist magento/core
<1.9.2.1
1.9.2.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel 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.