Cross-site scripting in Magento Open Source - CVE-2019-7940
Published: August 3, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30938
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7940
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
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 software
Magento Open Source
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7940
Install update from vendor's website.
Magento Open Source - update to 2.3.2