CVE-2024-20718 in Commerce
Summary
by MITRE • 02/15/2024
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.4-p6 and earlier are affected by a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to trick a victim into performing actions they did not intend to do, which could be used to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction, typically in the form of the victim clicking a link or visiting a malicious website.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 02/15/2024
Adobe Commerce implementations across multiple versions including 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.4-p6 and earlier contain a critical cross-site request forgery vulnerability that fundamentally compromises the platform's security controls. This CSRF weakness resides in the application's failure to properly validate and enforce anti-CSRF tokens during state-changing operations within the administrative interface. The vulnerability stems from insufficient protection mechanisms that allow malicious actors to craft forged requests that appear legitimate to the Commerce platform, thereby bypassing essential security features designed to prevent unauthorized modifications.
The technical flaw manifests when authenticated users interact with maliciously crafted web pages or links that automatically submit requests to the Adobe Commerce administration endpoints without proper user consent. This occurs because the system does not adequately verify the authenticity of requests originating from different domains or contexts, creating an exploitable gap in the request validation process. The vulnerability operates under CWE-352 which specifically addresses cross-site request forgery conditions where applications fail to validate that requests originate from legitimate sources within the same origin.
Security feature bypass represents the most significant operational impact of this vulnerability as it allows attackers to perform administrative actions without proper authorization. An attacker could leverage this flaw to modify product configurations, alter customer data, change system settings, or even create new administrator accounts. The consequences extend beyond simple data manipulation since the compromised system could be used as a foothold for further attacks within the organization's network infrastructure. This vulnerability particularly affects e-commerce environments where administrative privileges are required to manage critical business operations and customer information.
The exploitation requires user interaction typically through phishing campaigns, malicious email attachments, or compromised websites that contain embedded attack vectors. The attacker must craft requests that appear to come from legitimate Commerce admin interfaces while actually performing unauthorized actions in the background. This makes detection particularly challenging as the malicious activity appears to originate from authenticated users within the system. Organizations implementing Adobe Commerce should immediately address this vulnerability through patch management procedures, application firewalls, and enhanced monitoring of administrative activities. The mitigation strategy includes applying the latest security patches provided by Adobe, implementing additional validation layers for all administrative endpoints, and conducting comprehensive security awareness training for personnel who access the Commerce administration interface. This vulnerability aligns with ATT&CK technique T1566 which covers phishing methods used to gain initial access, and T1078 which addresses valid accounts usage for persistence within target environments.