CVE-2021-36023

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.37% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

17 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.6–9.1

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.19.1criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@adobe.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 6

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USCWE-78USCWE-78US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe Adobe Commerce≤ 0 ≤2.3.7enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Commerce≤ 2.3.7-p1fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Commerce≤ 2.4.2-p2fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Commerce≤ 2.4.3fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Open Source≤ 2.3.7-p1fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Open Source≤ 2.4.2-p2fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Open Source≤ 2.4.3fstec_bduRU
magento magento< 2.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:magento:magento:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
magento magento= 2.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:magento:magento:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
magento magento2.4.0 → 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:magento:magento:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
magento magento= 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:magento:magento:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami magento< 2.3.7osvUSpkg:bitnami/magento
Bitnami magento2.4.0 → 2.4.2osvUSpkg:bitnami/magento
Packagist magento/community-editionall versionsosvUSpkg:composer/magento/community-edition
Packagist magento/community-edition< 2.3.7-p1osvUSpkg:composer/magento/community-edition
Packagist magento/community-edition2.4.2-p1 → 2.4.2-p2osvUSpkg:composer/magento/community-edition
Packagist magento/project-community-edition≤ 2.0.2osvUSpkg:composer/magento/project-community-edition

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-8cjg-f53m-8m9qMagento XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout2023-09-06ghsa · osvUS
Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution.
BIT-magento-2021-36023Magento Commerce Widgets Update Layout XML Injection Vulnerability Could Lead To Remote Code Execution2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout. An attacker with admin privileges can trigger a specially crafted script to achieve remote code execution.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-06modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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