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CVE-2019-7940

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the admin panel of Magento Open Source prior to 1.9.4.2, and Magento Commerce prior to 1.14.4.2, Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2. This could be exploited by an authenticated user with privileges to modify store currency options to inject malicious javascript.

Affected products

• Adobe Magento Commerce: before 1.9.4.2; before 1.14.4.2; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.18; from 2.2.0 before 2.2.9; from 2.3.0 before 2.3.2 — fixed in 1.14.4.2, 1.9.4.2, 2.1.18, 2.2.9, 2.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Magento Commerce 1.14.4.2, 1.9.4.2, 2.1.18, 2.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://magento.com/security/patches/magento-2.3.2-2.2.9-and-2.1.18-security-update-24
• https://magento.com/security/patches/magento-2.3.2-2.2.9-and-2.1.18-security-update-23
• https://magento.com/security/patches/magento-2.3.2-2.2.9-and-2.1.18-security-update-24

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