GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-wqr6-wv6c-p8fx Magento improper access control vulnerability within Magento's Media Gallery Upload workflow
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-36036
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- magento/project-community-edition, magento/community-edition
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
- Reviewed
- 2025-11-06
Affected packages
• Packagist magento/project-community-edition: <= 2.0.2 (no fix yet)
• Packagist magento/community-edition: < 2.3.7-p1 → fixed in 2.3.7-p1
• Packagist magento/community-edition: 2.3.7 (no fix yet)
• Packagist magento/community-edition: >= 2.4.2-p1, < 2.4.2-p2 → fixed in 2.4.2-p2
• Packagist magento/community-edition: 2.4.2 (no fix yet)
Description
Magento versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper access control vulnerability within Magento's Media Gallery Upload workflow. By storing a specially crafted file in the website gallery, an authenticated attacker with administrative privilege can gain access to delete the .htaccess file. This could result in the attacker achieving remote code execution.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-36036 Magento versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper access control… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness