CVE-2021-36043 vulnerability in Adobe Products
Published on September 1, 2021
Magento Commerce Authenticated Blind SSRF Could Lead To Remote Code Execution
Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by a blind SSRF vulnerability in the bundled dotmailer extension. An attacker with admin privileges could abuse this to achieve remote code execution should Redis be enabled.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-36043 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a SSRF Vulnerability?
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. By providing URLs to unexpected hosts or ports, attackers can make it appear that the server is sending the request, possibly bypassing access controls such as firewalls that prevent the attackers from accessing the URLs directly. The server can be used as a proxy to conduct port scanning of hosts in internal networks, use other URLs such as that can access documents on the system (using file://), or use other protocols such as gopher:// or tftp://, which may provide greater control over the contents of requests.
CVE-2021-36043 has been classified to as a SSRF vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-36043
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Affected Versions
Adobe Magento Commerce:- Version unspecified, <= 2.4.2 is affected.
- Version unspecified, <= 2.4.2-p1 is affected.
- Version unspecified, <= 2.3.7 is affected.
- Version unspecified, <= None is affected.
Exploit Probability
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