CVE-2022-34254: adobe commerce Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34254 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in adobe commerce. EPSS estimates a 2.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 16-08-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p2 (and earlier), 2.3.7-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the vulnerable endpoint. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to read local files and to perform Stored XSS. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.