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

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 24 Oct 2025, 45 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

94.7%

EPSS score, percentile 99.9 of all scored records

How severe?

9.1 Critical

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

Required action (CISA), due 14 Nov 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Advisories and patches (1)

Which versions are affected?

Affected: 2.4.4-p15 and earlier

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 14 November 2025.

Advisories and patches

• helpx.adobe.com (Vendor advisory)

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-cloud-kcs/kbarticles/ka-27397
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54236

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: affected.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source contain an improper input validation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over customer accounts through the Commerce REST API.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2025-54236 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 24 Oct 2025.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 14 Nov 2025.
• The CVE record was published on 9 Sep 2025, 45 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (Critical), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.7% (percentile 99.9), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Adobe Commerce | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

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.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-20

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

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