# CVE-2025-54236: Adobe Commerce - RCE

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Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-54236

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.1
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Adobe Commerce
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)
- **Tags:** ecommerce

## 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. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-54236](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54236) is a critical improper input validation vulnerability in multiple versions of Adobe Commerce, allowing remote attackers to take over user sessions without any user interaction. This flaw poses a significant risk to the confidentiality and integrity of affected systems, as attackers can gain unauthorized access and potentially manipulate sensitive data.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 5th of November 2025.

Insights from the CrowdSec network reveal that the attackers trying to exploit CVE-2025-54236 are composed of a fairly even mix of opportunistic and targeted actors. Some attackers employ preliminary reconnaissance, while others use indiscriminate scanning.
Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2025-54236 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-54236 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Attackers exploit the `/customer/address_file/upload` endpoint by sending crafted multipart form-data requests to bypass authentication and upload arbitrary files, enabling session takeover and unauthorized access.

## Timeline

- 2025-09-09: CVE Published. CVE-2025-54236 is published to NVD.
- 2025-10-24: CISA KEV. CVE-2025-54236 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-10-28: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-54236 for the first time.
- 2025-11-05: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-54236 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-11-14: 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).

## References

- https://nullsecurityx.codes/cve-2025-54236-sessionreaper-unauthenticated-rce-in-magento
- https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-cloud-kcs/kbarticles/ka-27397
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb25-88.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-54236
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-54236.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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