CVE-2022-34255: Adobe Commerce Improper Access Control Privilege escalation

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p2 (and earlier), 2.3.7-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. An attacker with a low privilege account could leverage this vulnerability to perform an account takeover for a victim. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected products

Adobe Commerce: from 2.3.0 before 2.3.7; from 2.4.0 before 2.4.3; 2.3.7, 2.3.7-p1, 2.3.7-p2, 2.3.7-p3, 2.4.3, 2.4.3-p1 (+2) — fixed in 2.3.7, 2.4.3
Adobe Magento Commerce: from 2.3.0 before 2.3.7; from 2.4.0 before 2.4.3; 2.3.7, 2.3.7-p1, 2.3.7-p2, 2.3.7-p3, 2.4.3, 2.4.3-p1 (+2) — fixed in 2.3.7, 2.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Commerce 2.3.7, 2.4.3; Adobe Magento Commerce 2.3.7, 2.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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