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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2019-7889

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

An injection vulnerability exists in Magento Open Source prior to 1.9.4.2, and Magento Commerce prior to 1.14.4.2, Magento 2.1.x prior to 2.1.18, 2.2.x prior to 2.2.9, 2.3.x prior to 2.3.2. An authenticated user with marketing manipulation privileges can invoke methods that alter data of the underlying model followed by corresponding database modifications.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published