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CVE-2021-36022

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36022 is an XML Injection vulnerability affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier), and 2.3.7 (and earlier). This high-severity vulnerability, rated 7.2 CVSS, allows an attacker with administrative privileges to achieve remote code execution by injecting a specially crafted script into the Widgets Update Layout. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:magento_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.4.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:magento_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.4.2-p1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:magento_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, <= 2.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_commerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0344 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: magento/community-editionFixed in: 2.3.7-p1
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: magento/community-editionFixed in: 2.4.2-p2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-3x9x-vhqj-cv27high

Magento XML Injection vulnerability in the Widgets Update Layout

May 24, 2022

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/magento/apsb21-64.html
PatchVendor Advisory