Adobe patches critical Magento admin takeover via menu injection
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| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Flags | Affected | Exposure | Published |
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| CVE-2025-47110 | Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.8, 2.4.7-p5, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.5-p12, 2.4.4-p13 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that coul Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.8, 2.4.7-p5, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.5-p12, 2.4.4-p13 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a high-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. Scope is changed to that of other high-privileged accounts, leading to a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. NVD description · AI analysis pending | 8.4 | <1% |
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| CVE-2026-75650 | Unauthenticated Template Injection RCE in Adobe Commerce and Magento (CVE-2026-75650) Adobe Commerce and Magento (including Adobe Commerce B2B) contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine (CWE-1336), a template-injection flaw that permits arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The flaw is reachable over the network by unauthenticated attackers, requires no user interaction, and its changed scope (CVSS 3.1 S:C) means injected code executes beyond the vulnerable component, producing a maximum-severity (CVSS 10.0) remote code execution condition. A successful attacker gains arbitrary code execution on the storefront server; in the observed campaign, intruders installed a Rust backdoor and a PHP web shell (dubbed 'StyleSmuggler') on compromised servers. Any organization running an Adobe Commerce, Adobe Commerce B2B, or Magento storefront is in scope, with internet-facing e-commerce deployments most exposed. Exploitation is confirmed in the wild: the bug was abused as a zero-day before patching and was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-09-08. Do: Apply Adobe's released patches immediately per vendor instructions, prioritizing internet-facing Commerce/Magento storefronts, and ensure compliance with CISA BOD 26-04 timelines for KEV entries. Hunt for 'StyleSmuggler' indicators of compromise, including unexpected Rust backdoor binaries and PHP web shells on hosts, and review template/theme customizations for tampering. Exact fixed version numbers are not included in the available data, so consult Adobe's advisory for the correct patched release for your Commerce/Magento version line. | 10.0 | 2% | KEV PoC |
| massroughly 100,000-300,000 internet-facing storefronts |
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Adobe has just released several security fixes for its Commerce (Magento) platform and one of them is critical (CVE-2025-47110). Adobe urges merchants to patch within 72 hours (highest priority).
Sansec was able to simulate a successful attack, and it is likely that cyber criminals will follow suit. Surprisingly, Adobe’s Cloud infrastructure has not yet enabled WAF protection against this vulnerability. We strongly recommend that merchants use active defenses, such as Sansec Shield, to block exploit attempts immediately, buying time for a no-stress upgrade.
Who’s at risk?
The following Magento and Adobe Commerce versions are vulnerable:
2.4.8
2.4.7-p5 and earlier
2.4.6-p10 and earlier
2.4.5-p12 and earlier
2.4.4-p13 and earlier
How does the attack work?
To make threat actors none the wiser we won’t disclose specific details. However, in general we can say that the attack builds upon last year’s CosmicSting attack and requires multiple attack stages:
- Use cache poisoning & stored XSS to replace the backend menu bar with malicious code
- Wait for an admin user to use the backend
- Take control of the admin session
- The menu bar reverts to its original state
An admin session effectively grants access to customer data, payment flows and code execution.
This attack will temporarily break the dashboard menu bar for admin users, which is clearly an indicator for an ongoing attack. However, staff may consider it a “fluke” if the menu works again after a minute or so, and not escalate it.
Sansec also found other admin blocks vulnerable to cache poisoning, such as the footer. While future attacks on these blocks can't be ruled out, they are less trivial to exploit.
Mitigation steps
Sansec Shield blocks this attack out of the box and Sansec eComscan has been updated with detection heuristics.
As general mitigation, we recommend to rotate your secret crypt key if you haven’t done so after implementing the original CosmicSting patch APSB24-40.
See also
Adobes bulletin APSB25-50 (multiple fixes) and their isolated patch for CVE-2025-47110.
Shoutout to Julian Nuß of integer_net for an insightful discussion.
Credits to blaklis for discovering CVE-2025-47110.
Read more
- CosmicSting attack & defense overview
- Persistent backdoors injected on Adobe Commerce via new CosmicSting attack
- CosmicSting attack threatens 75% of Adobe Commerce stores
- StyleSmuggler: Magento and Adobe Commerce 0-day RCE (CVE-2026-75650) under active attack
- Adobe patches critical Magento account takeover (APSB26-92)
Text extracted automatically; images, tables and formatting may be missing. Original: https://sansec.io/research/magento-menu-bar-hack