GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-wqr6-wv6c-p8fx Magento improper access control vulnerability within Magento's Media Gallery Upload workflow

CRITICAL Published 2023-09-06 Modified 2025-11-06 Official page ↗
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.

Related

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

References