Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-34255

High

Published: 16 August 2022

Published
16 August 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0051 66.9th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-34255 is a high-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Adobe Commerce. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p2 (and earlier), 2.3.7-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. An attacker with a low privilege account could leverage this vulnerability to perform…

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an account takeover for a victim. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

adobe
commerce
2.3.7, 2.4.3, 2.4.4 · 2.3.0 — 2.3.7 · 2.4.0 — 2.4.3
magento
magento
2.3.7, 2.4.3, 2.4.4 · 2.3.0 — 2.3.7 · 2.4.0 — 2.4.3

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.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Requiring authorization and configuration controls for mobile device connections directly enforces access control and prevents unauthorized devices from reaching organizational systems.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Defining account types, requiring approvals for creation, specifying authorizations, monitoring usage, and reviewing accounts directly prevents improper access control by ensuring only authorized accounts exist and are used.

addresses: CWE-284 CWE-863

Enforces rules governing access to the system and its data from external systems based on established trust relationships.

References