Magento up to 2.1.18/2.2.9/2.3.2 Bootstrap/jquery/Knockout privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Magento up to 2.1.18/2.2.9/2.3.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Bootstrap/jquery/Knockout. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-8121. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Magento up to 2.1.18/2.2.9/2.3.2. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Bootstrap/jquery/Knockout. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An insecure component vulnerability exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.19, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3. Magento 2 codebase leveraged outdated versions of JS libraries (Bootstrap, jquery, Knockout) with known security vulnerabilities.

The weakness was published 11/05/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-8121 since 02/12/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 2.1.19, 2.2.10 or 2.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-145024, VDB-145023, VDB-145022 and VDB-145021. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• E-Commerce Management Software

Name

• Magento

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.1.9
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.11
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.13
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.15
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.17
• 2.1.18
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2

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• open-source

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