Arbitrary File Upload Affecting magento/community-edition package, versions <2.3.7-p1>=2.4.0, <2.4.2-p2
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- published9 Nov 2025
- disclosed24 May 2022
- creditZb3
Introduced: 24 May 2022
CVE-2021-36040 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade magento/community-edition to version 2.3.7-p1, 2.4.2-p2 or higher.
Overview
magento/community-edition is a modern cloud eCommerce platform.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload due to improper input validation when uploading a file. An attacker with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary code on the server by uploading a specially crafted file that bypasses file extension restrictions.