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CVE-2020-9578: 
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Magento versions 2.3.4 and earlier, 2.2.11 and earlier, 1.14.4.4 and earlier, and 1.9.4.4 and earlier were affected by a command injection vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and assigned CVE-2020-9578 on March 2, 2020, and was later patched in April 2020 (MITRE CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability was classified as a critical command injection vulnerability that could be exploited without requiring authentication. This was one of six critical vulnerabilities discovered in the Magento e-commerce platform during this period (SecurityWeek).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected systems (MITRE CVE, SecurityWeek).

Exploitability

The vulnerability was particularly severe as it did not require authentication for successful exploitation, making it easily accessible to potential attackers (SecurityWeek).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe addressed this vulnerability by releasing patches in Magento Commerce and Magento Open Source versions 2.3.4-p2 and 2.3.5-p1, Magento Enterprise Edition 1.14.4.5, and Magento Community Edition 1.9.4.5 (SecurityWeek, Adobe Security).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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