Medium

Incorrect Authorization in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source

IdentifiersCVE-2025-54265CWE-863· Incorrect Authorization

CVE-2025-54265 is an incorrect authorization vulnerability affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source. According to the provided content, affected versions include Adobe Commerce 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. The flaw allows an attacker to bypass intended security controls and obtain unauthorized read access to protected resources. The issue is described as not requiring user interaction, indicating it can be exploited directly when the vulnerable functionality is reachable. The specific vulnerable function or code path is not provided in the supplied content.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows bypass of authorization controls and unauthorized read access to data or application resources that should be restricted. In the context of Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source, this could expose sensitive business, customer, order, catalog, or administrative information depending on the affected endpoint or feature. The provided advisory also places Commerce and Magento Open Source updates at elevated risk of exploitation relative to other Adobe products, although no active exploitation was reported in the supplied content.

Mitigation

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If patching cannot be performed immediately, reduce exposure of administrative and sensitive application functionality, restrict access to trusted networks and users, monitor logs and application activity for suspicious unauthorized access attempts, minimize privileges for all accounts, and disable unnecessary features or modules where feasible. These are compensating controls only and do not remove the underlying authorization flaw.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Adobe's security updates for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source immediately. Based on the provided content, fixed versions include 2.4.9-alpha3 or later for the 2.4.9 alpha branch, and vendor-provided fixed releases corresponding to the affected supported branches. More generally, upgrade from affected 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 to the latest patched release specified by Adobe in APSB25-94.

PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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EXPOSURE SURFACE

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VendorProductType

AdobeCommerceapplication

AdobeCommerce B2bapplication

AdobeMagentoapplication

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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thecyberexpress com vulnerabilitiesNews

Oct 15, 2025

Adobe Issues Urgent Security Updates for Connect, Commerce, and Creative Cloud Apps

An incorrect authorization vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source that could allow attackers to bypass authentication controls.

adobe-security-bulletinsNews

Oct 14, 2025

Adobe Security Bulletin

An incorrect authorization issue in Adobe Commerce / Magento Open Source that can enable a security feature bypass; bulletin indicates it is exploitable without authentication and without admin privileges.

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