CVE-2022-24872 in Shopware
Summary
by MITRE • 04/21/2022
Shopware is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue. Permissions set to sales channel context by admin-api are still usable within normal user session. Users are advised to update to the current version 6.4.10.1. For older versions of 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3, corresponding security measures are also available via a plugin. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 04/27/2022
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-24872 affects Shopware, an open-source e-commerce platform built upon the Symfony Framework and Vue.js frontend technologies. This security flaw represents a critical access control issue that undermines the platform's permission model and could potentially enable unauthorized data manipulation or exposure. The vulnerability specifically impacts how permissions are handled when transitioning between administrative API contexts and standard user sessions, creating a persistent access vector that extends beyond the intended scope of administrative operations.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from improper session management and context switching mechanisms within the Shopware platform's authentication and authorization framework. When administrators utilize the admin API to set permissions within a sales channel context, these permission settings continue to persist and remain effective even when the user transitions to a standard user session. This behavior violates fundamental security principles of least privilege and context isolation, allowing potential attackers to leverage administrative privileges through normal user access points. The flaw essentially creates a backdoor where elevated permissions established through API calls can be exploited during regular user operations, bypassing the normal security boundaries that should separate administrative and user contexts.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple privilege escalation, potentially enabling attackers to access sensitive customer data, manipulate product catalogs, modify pricing structures, or execute unauthorized financial transactions within the affected e-commerce platform. This issue particularly affects businesses relying on Shopware's multi-channel commerce capabilities where sales channel permissions are frequently managed through administrative interfaces. The persistence of these elevated permissions across session boundaries creates a significant risk for data integrity and customer privacy, as unauthorized access to administrative functions could occur without detection. Organizations using older versions of Shopware 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 face heightened risk due to the lack of native fixes for these releases, making the availability of plugin-based security measures critical for mitigation.
Security professionals should note this vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and potentially CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) depending on exploitation vectors. The ATT&CK framework categorizes this issue under privilege escalation techniques, specifically T1078 (Valid Accounts) and T1548.1 (Abuse Elevation Control Mechanisms) where attackers could leverage legitimate administrative capabilities through compromised user accounts. The vulnerability demonstrates a classic case of insufficient session validation and context management, where the system fails to properly enforce access control boundaries between administrative and user interfaces. Organizations should prioritize immediate remediation by upgrading to Shopware version 6.4.10.1 or implementing the available plugin security measures for older versions, as no effective workarounds exist for this particular flaw. The persistence of administrative permissions across user sessions creates an inherent risk that cannot be mitigated through configuration changes alone, requiring either platform updates or specialized security patches to fully address the vulnerability.