External control of configuration setting in the dashboard in PrestaShop
In PrestaShop from version 1.6.0.1 and before version 1.7.6.6, the dashboard allows rewriting all configuration variables. The problem is fixed in 1.7.6.6
- Published
- Jul 2, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 67th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 7.1
- 1.7 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| prestashop | prestashop | cpe:2.3:a:prestashop:prestashop |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- prestashop prestashop1.6.0.1 and later · before 1.7.6.6
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
PrestaShop PrestaShop
- >= 1.6.0.1, < 1.7.6.6affected
Same product
prestashop: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2018-19126PrestaShop 1.6.x before 1.6.1.23 and 1.7.x before 1.7.4.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file upload.46Plan
- CVE-2021-3110The store system in PrestaShop 1.7.7.0 allows time-based boolean SQL injection via the module=productcomments controller=CommentGrade id_pro45Plan
- CVE-2018-10942modules/attributewizardpro/file_upload.php in the Attribute Wizard addon 1.6.9 for PrestaShop 1.4.0.1 through 1.6.1.18 allows remote attacke43Plan
- CVE-2020-15160Blind SQL Injection in PrestaShop42Plan
- CVE-2024-34716PrestaShop vulnerable to XSS via customer contact form in FO, through file upload41Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PrestaShop PrestaShop | 1.7.6.6 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/0f0d6238169a79d94f5ef28d24e60a9be8902f4b
- github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-mc98-xjm3-c4fm
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.