CVE-2021-36042

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.025 · 84 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.47% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

20 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

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 improper input validation vulnerability in the API File Option Upload Extension. An attacker with Admin privileges can achieve unrestricted file upload which can result in 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 · 6.5–9.1

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

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)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-434USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-434US

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe Magento Commerce≤ unspecified ≤2.4.2-p1enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Magento Commerce≤ unspecified ≤2.4.2enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Magento Commerce≤ unspecified ≤2.3.7enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Magento Commerce≤ unspecified ≤Noneenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Commerce≤ 2.4.3fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Commerce≤ 2.3.7-p1fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Magento Commerce≤ 2.4.2-p2fstec_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
adobe adobe commerce2.3.0 → 2.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe commerce2.4.0 → 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe commerce= 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe magento open source2.3.0 → 2.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:magento_open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe magento open source2.4.0 → 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:magento_open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe magento open source= 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:magento_open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-6cwv-wj7v-73xpMagento executes code via the API File Option Upload Extension2022-05-24ghsa · 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 improper input validation vulnerability in the API File Option Upload Extension. An attacker with Admin privileges can achieve unrestricted file upload which can result in remote code execution.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-09-01modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

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