CVE-2019-8153 — A mitigation bypass to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) exists in Magento 2

A mitigation bypass to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) exists in Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 or 2.3.2-p1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would result in an attacker being able to bypass the `escapeURL()` function and execute a malicio

01What is this vulnerability?

A mitigation bypass to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) exists in Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 or 2.3.2-p1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would result in an attacker being able to bypass the `escapeURL()` function and execute a malicious XSS payload.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe Systems Incorporated	Magento 2	Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 or 2.3.2-p1

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: 2019-11-05T23:49:40.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T21:10:33.158Z

09References

• magento.com — https://magento.com/security/patches/magento-2.3.3-and-2.2.10-security-update