Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-36031

High

Published: 01 September 2021

Published
01 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1031 93.3th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-36031 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Adobe Adobe Commerce. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by a Path Traversal vulnerability via the `theme[preview_image]` parameter. An attacker with admin privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
adobe commerce
2.4.2 · 2.3.0 — 2.3.7 · 2.4.0 — 2.4.2
adobe
magento open source
2.4.2 · 2.3.0 — 2.3.7 · 2.4.0 — 2.4.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References