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medium 6.5

CVE-2019-7872 json

Magento Insufficient authorization check when adding users to company accounts

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pfxv-66r9-4gqw , EUVD-2022-4755

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2 due to insufficient authorizations checks. This can be abused by a user with admin privileges to add users to company accounts or modify existing user details.

Patch / fix

  • packagist magento/community-edition 2.1.18, 2.2.9, 2.3.2
  • magento magento 2.1.18, 2.2.9, 2.3.2

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Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist magento/community-edition
>=2.1, <2.1.18
>=2.2, <2.2.9
>=2.3, <2.3.2
2.1.18
2.2.9
2.3.2

Affected products

  • n/a Magento 2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization

References

Sources

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