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CVE-2024-20720· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

Command injection in data collector backup due to insufficient patching of CVE-2023-38208

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.4-p6 and earlier are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability that could lead in arbitrary code execution by an attacker. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 15, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
3.7% · 89th percentile
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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · adobe
9.1
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Affected systems

VendorProduct
adobecommerce

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe commerce2.4.4
  • adobe commerce2.4.5
  • adobe commerce2.4.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (adobe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Adobe Adobe Commerce

    • up to and including 2.4.4-p6affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.4-p1 · before 2.4.4-p72.4.4-p7
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.5-p1 · before 2.4.5-p62.4.5-p6
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.6-p1 · before 2.4.6-p42.4.6-p4
Packagistmagento/community-editionall versions—
Packagistmagento/project-community-editionup to and including 2.0.2—

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    99Now
  • CVE-2022-24086Adobe Commerce checkout improper input validation leads to remote code executionKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2025-54236Adobe Commerce | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)KEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2026-71362Adobe Commerce | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)KEV
    92Now
  • CVE-2026-75650Adobe Commerce | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine (CWE-1336)KEV
    71This week
  • CVE-2025-24434Adobe Commerce | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
    41Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:magento/community-edition2.4.4-p7Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:magento/community-edition2.4.5-p6Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:magento/community-edition2.4.6-p4Package registry (OSV)

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

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

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.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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.

  • CVE-2024-39401181 days apartAdobe Commerce | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-39402181 days apartAdobe Commerce | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2023-38208190 days apartValidate Your Inputs | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)
    29Monitor

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

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • 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

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

ts
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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