# CVE-2024-34102: Adobe Commerce & Magento - XXE

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Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-34102

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Adobe Magento
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)
- **Tags:** ecommerce

## Description

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7, 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.5-p7, 2.4.4-p8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted XML document that references external entities. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-34102](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34102) is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Commerce that arises from improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, which could lead to arbitrary code execution when processing specially crafted XML documents.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 1st of August 2024.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2024-34102 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations.
Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2024-34102. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

Exploitation attempts, if they occur, would likely focus on requests to endpoints containing `/rest/all/v1/guest-carts/test-assetnote/estimate-shipping-methods`.

## Timeline

- 2024-06-13: CVE Published. CVE-2024-34102 is published to NVD.
- 2024-07-17: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-34102 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2024-08-01: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-34102 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-08-07: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2024-11-26: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-34102 for the first time.

## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb24-40.html
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cosmicsting-critical-unauthenticated-xxe-vulnerability-in-adobe-commerce-and-magento-cve-2024-34102
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-34102.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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