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Fencer Intel
high 7.2

CVE-2019-7942 json

Magento 2 Community Edition RCE

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-vvf9-fxhv-4rgj , EUVD-2022-5433

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A remote code execution 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. An authenticated user with admin privileges to create or edit a product can execute arbitrary code via malicious XML layout updates.

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

1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist magento/community-edition
>=2.1.0, <2.1.18
>=2.2.0, <2.2.9
>=2.3.0, <2.3.2
2.1.18
2.2.9
2.3.2

Affected products

  • n/a Magento 2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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