CVE-2025-24434: 
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-24434) was discovered in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 11, 2025, affecting multiple versions including Adobe Commerce 2.4.8-beta1 and earlier versions, as well as Magento Open Source 2.4.8-beta1 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is characterized by improper authorization (CWE-285) that could allow attackers to escalate privileges without requiring authentication or administrative privileges (Adobe Security).

The vulnerability has been assigned a Critical severity rating with a CVSS base score of 9.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L). The technical assessment indicates that no authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, and it does not require administrative privileges for successful exploitation. The vulnerability stems from improper authorization mechanisms in the affected systems (Adobe Security).

Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-24434 could lead to privilege escalation in affected systems. The high CVSS score of 9.4 indicates severe potential impacts, with the ability to compromise both confidentiality and integrity of the system at high levels, while also potentially affecting system availability to a lesser degree (Adobe Security).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the following versions: Adobe Commerce 2.4.8-beta2 (for 2.4.8-beta1 users), 2.4.7-p4 (for 2.4.7-p3 and earlier), 2.4.6-p9 (for 2.4.6-p8 and earlier), 2.4.5-p11 (for 2.4.5-p10 and earlier), and 2.4.4-p12 (for 2.4.4-p11 and earlier). Additionally, an isolated patch specifically for CVE-2025-24434 has been made available for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source (Adobe Security).

The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed by security researcher thlassche, who worked with Adobe to address the issue. Adobe has categorized this update with a Priority 1 rating, indicating it resolves vulnerabilities being targeted or at a higher risk of being targeted by exploitation (Adobe Security).