CVE-2015-6497

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The create function in app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Api/V2.php in Magento Community Edition (CE) before 1.9.2.1 and Enterprise Edition (EE) before 1.14.2.1, when used with PHP before 5.4.24 or 5.5.8, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via the productData parameter to index.php/api/v2_soap.

Affected products

Adobe Magento Commerce: before 1.9.2.1; before 1.14.2.1 — fixed in 1.14.2.1, 1.9.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Magento Commerce 1.14.2.1, 1.9.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2015/09/autoloaded-file-inclusion-in-magento.html
http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-04
http://magento.com/security/patches/supee-6482
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133544/Magento-1.9.2-File-Inclusion.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/48
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2015/09/autoloaded-file-inclusion-in-magento.html
http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-04
http://magento.com/security/patches/supee-6482
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133544/Magento-1.9.2-File-Inclusion.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/48

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