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CVE-2023-38209: Adobe Commerce Incorrect Authorization Security feature bypass

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.94% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 61.4% of all records.
  • 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.
  • Fixed version: magento/community-edition (Packagist) 2.4.4-p5, 2.4.5-p4, 2.4.6-p2.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to magento/community-edition (Packagist) 2.4.4-p5, 2.4.5-p4, 2.4.6-p2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p1 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p4 (and earlier) are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could lead to a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access other user's data. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Published
Aug 9, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 61th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.5
CNA · adobe
6.5
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
adobecommerce

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 Magento Commerce

    • up to and including 2.4.4-p4affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (4)

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

  • adobe commercebefore 2.4.4
  • adobe commerce2.4.4
  • adobe commerce2.4.5
  • adobe commerce2.4.6

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 · up to and including 2.4.4—
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.4-p1 · before 2.4.4-p52.4.4-p5
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.5 · up to and including 2.4.5—
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.5-p1 · before 2.4.5-p42.4.5-p4
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.6 · up to and including 2.4.6—
Packagistmagento/community-editionfrom 2.4.6-p1 · before 2.4.6-p22.4.6-p2
Packagistmagento/project-community-editionup to and including 2.0.2—

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-75650Adobe Commerce | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine (CWE-1336)KEV
    100Now
  • CVE-2024-34102XXE can expose crypt key and other secrets granting full admin accessKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2022-24086Adobe Commerce checkout improper input validation leads to remote code executionKEV
    99Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-38207Aug 9, 2023 · Adobe Commerce XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) Arbitrary file system read
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-38208Aug 9, 2023 · Validate Your Inputs | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)
    29Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-26366Oct 13, 2023 · Validate Your Inputs | Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
    27Monitor

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-p5Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:magento/community-edition2.4.5-p4Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:magento/community-edition2.4.6-p2Package 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.

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

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

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.

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References

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

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