Known exploited vulnerability
CVE-2025-54236
The short answer
CVE-2025-54236 affects Adobe Adobe Commerce and is rated critical (CVSS 9.1). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-24: attackers are using it, so patch it first.
What it is
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-alpha2, 2.4.8-p2, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.6-p12, 2.4.5-p14, 2.4.4-p15 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. A successful attacker can abuse this to achieve session takeover, increasing the confidentiality, and integrity impact to high. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-20.
Severity
9.1 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Yes, since Oct 24, 2025
Federal due date Nov 14, 2025
EPSS, next 30 days
96%
Higher than 100% of scored CVEs
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| magento/community-edition | Packagist | No fix yet | GHSA-wh92-6q6g-px7j |
| magento/project-community-edition | Packagist | No fix yet | GHSA-wh92-6q6g-px7j |
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Affected products
Adobe Commerce. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-88.html Vendor Advisory
- experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-cloud-kcs/kbarticles/ka-27397 Vendor Advisory
- nullsecurityx.codes/cve-2025-54236-sessionreaper-unauthenticated-rce-in-magento Broken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-54236 US Government Resource
Questions
Is CVE-2025-54236 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2025-54236 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-24, with a federal remediation due date of 2025-11-14.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54236?
CISA's required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Analyzed. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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