CVE-2021-28584

Magento Commerce path traversal vulnerability in child theme store creation

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: June 28, 2021 at 01:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMagentoMagento Commerce

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Magento versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.1-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6-p1 (and earlier) are affected by a Path Traversal vulnerability when creating a store with child theme.Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write by an authenticated attacker. Access to the admin console is required for successful exploitation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 2.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 2.3.6-p1v ≤ 2.4.1-p1v ≤ 2.4.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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