CVE-2019-7871 — A security bypass exists in Magento 2

A security bypass exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2 that could be abused to execute arbitrary PHP code. An authenticated user can bypass security protections that prevent arbitrary PHP script upload via form data injecti

01What is this vulnerability?

A security bypass exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2 that could be abused to execute arbitrary PHP code. An authenticated user can bypass security protections that prevent arbitrary PHP script upload via form data injection.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Magento 2	Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-02T21:17:01.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T21:02:18.955Z

09References

• magento.com — https://magento.com/security/patches/magento-2.3.2-2.2.9-and-2.1.18-security-upd…