Adobe Commerce
CVE-2025-54267
MEDIUM
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged store account
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ExploitSend request to improperly authorized endpoint
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ExecutionBypass authorization/escalate privileges
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ImpactModify restricted data or configuration
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid low-privileged authenticated account on the Adobe Commerce/Magento instance (CVSS PR:L; the description explicitly says 'a low-privileged attacker'), after which the attacker exploits an incorrect-authorization flaw (CWE-863) to escalate to elevated privileges. No special non-default feature is named in the advisory, and no user interaction is required (UI:N), so any instance exposing authenticated low-privilege access (customer, limited admin, API, or B2B company user - note the 'Commerce B2b' tag) to network-reachable endpoints is potentially affected. The key limiting factor is that this is NOT a pre-authentication flaw: the attacker must first possess some authenticated foothold, which reduces exposure for stores that tightly restrict account provisioning. Affected versions are 2.4.9-alpha2, 2.4.8-p2, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.6-p12, 2.4.5-p14, 2.4.4-p15 and earlier; upgrading to the patched release removes the condition. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue rather than an emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N = 6.5 Medium) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity privilege-escalation flaw that an attacker can trigger with only low privileges and no user interaction, but with impact limited to integrity (C:N/A:N) - meaning it corrupts/elevates authorization state rather than leaking data or causing outages. The intelligence signals are consistent and point to lower real-world urgency: EPSS is 0.43% (35th percentile), indicating low near-term exploitation probability; the CVE is NOT on the CISA KEV list; and no public PoC was provided - so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' No SSVC decision was supplied. There is no conflict between signals here (low EPSS, no KEV, no PoC, Medium CVSS all align), so this is a patch-in-normal-cycle item, not a drop-everything issue. One caveat to verify: the input tag labels this an 'Authentication Bypass,' but the CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) and the description ('low-privileged attacker ... gain unauthorized access to elevated privileges') describe privilege escalation / authorization bypass by an already-authenticated low-privileged user, not pre-auth authentication bypass - defenders should treat the PR:L (authenticated) requirement as the operative gating factor. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privileged account on the Adobe Commerce/Magento store (for example a limited admin, API user, or B2B company account) sends crafted requests to an improperly authorized endpoint and obtains elevated privileges they should not have. No end-user interaction is required (UI:N), and the result is a high-integrity impact such as modifying data or configuration reserved for higher-privileged roles. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
Incorrect authorization handling in Adobe Commerce (Magento) 2.4.4 and later through 2.4.9-alpha2 allows an authenticated low-privileged user to bypass access controls and escalate to elevated privileges, enabling high-integrity-impact changes. The attack requires a valid low-privilege account (customer, limited admin, API, or B2B company user) and no user interaction, so stores with open account registration or broadly exposed authenticated endpoints carry the greatest exposure. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified; EPSS is low at 0.43% (35th percentile), and Adobe has released a vendor patch via advisory APSB25-94.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor patch: Adobe published fixes for this issue in security bulletin APSB25-94 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-94.html), which specifies the corrected release for each affected branch; upgrade every Commerce instance - including B2B-enabled stores - to the patched version for its track, as no explicit fixed version string is provided in the source data for this record. Because exploitation requires an existing low-privilege authenticated account (PR:L), the most effective compensating control is tightening the authenticated attack surface while patching is pending: disable open self-registration and guest account creation so attackers cannot cheaply obtain a foothold, and audit B2B company-user and custom admin roles to remove excessive privileges (trade-off: restricting registration can reduce storefront conversion, and narrowing roles can disrupt legitimate merchant workflows, so stage changes carefully). Restrict network access to admin, REST/GraphQL API, and B2B endpoints via allow-listing or a WAF/IPS rule set that flags privilege-escalation and role-change requests, and enforce multi-factor authentication and alerting on all administrative and company-admin accounts (trade-off: allow-listing can break integrations or partner access). Monitor Commerce audit and application logs for unexpected role changes, ACL modifications, or privileged actions performed by low-privilege sessions, and rotate credentials or disable suspect accounts if such activity is detected. Validate that all custom modules and third-party extensions enforcing their own authorization logic are reviewed, since they may replicate the same incorrect-authorization pattern fixed in core.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): the application performs an authorization check but does so incorrectly, so a user who legitimately holds low-level privileges can reach functionality or perform operations reserved for a higher privilege tier. Affected code lives in Adobe Commerce, the enterprise e-commerce platform built on the Magento Open Source codebase; the supplied tags (Authentication Bypass, Adobe, Magento, Commerce, Commerce B2b) indicate the flaw also affects the B2B module, where company users and hierarchical purchasing roles are common and where role-based access control is business-critical. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N confirms network reachability, low attack complexity, and a mandatory low-privilege authenticated foothold, with no confidentiality impact but high integrity impact, meaning an attacker can create, modify, or corrupt data, configuration, or records rather than read protected data. CPE data enumerates Adobe Commerce 2.4.4 including service packs p1 through p15, confirming the flaw is present across the full 2.4.4 maintenance line as well as later 2.4.5 through 2.4.8 patch releases and the 2.4.9-alpha2 pre-release. Because this is not a pre-authentication issue, the practical blast radius depends on how easily an attacker can obtain a low-privileged account and how permissive the instance's role assignments are.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Network-reachable web endpoint (AV:N/AC:L) exploitable by an already-authenticated low-privileged user (PR:L) with no interaction (UI:N); authorization bypass raises integrity to high while confidentiality and availability are unaffected.
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
DescriptionCVE.org
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-alpha2, 2.4.8-p2, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.6-p12, 2.4.5-p14, 2.4.4-p15 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access to elevated privileges that increase integrity impact to high. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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