CVE-2025-49556
Published: 12 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-49556 is a high-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Adobe Commerce. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 22.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-alpha1, 2.4.8-p1, 2.4.7-p6, 2.4.6-p11, 2.4.5-p13, 2.4.4-p14 and earlier contain an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability (CWE-863). The flaw permits a security feature bypass that grants unauthorized read access, carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, and is exploitable over the network without credentials or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker can send crafted requests to the affected Magento instances to circumvent authorization checks and retrieve sensitive data that should otherwise be protected. The attack requires no special privileges and leaves the integrity and availability of the application unchanged.
The Adobe security bulletin APSB25-71 at helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-71.html addresses the issue and supplies patched releases for the impacted branches.
EPSS remains low and flat at 0.0105 with no observed increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24447
Vulnerability details
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-alpha1, 2.4.8-p1, 2.4.7-p6, 2.4.6-p11, 2.4.5-p13, 2.4.4-p14 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized read…
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access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, and scope is unchanged.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.
Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.
Defining permitted attribute values and auditing modifications reduces the chance of incorrect authorization outcomes due to tampered or missing labels.
The authorization process and usage restrictions help prevent incorrect authorization for remote access types.
Establishing configuration and connection requirements helps ensure correct rather than incorrect authorization for wireless access.
Establishing connection authorization processes for mobile devices helps ensure authorization decisions are correctly implemented rather than incorrect.
Monitoring account use, notifying on changes, and reviewing accounts for compliance corrects incorrect authorization assignments.
Ensures authorization decisions for external system use are correctly implemented and enforced.