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2026-11-07 · critical

CVE-2025-54236: Session Takeover in Adobe Commerce

Critical session takeover (CVSS 9.1) in Adobe Commerce. Urgent patch for 2.4 and earlier versions.

CVE-2025-54236: Session Takeover in Adobe Commerce

CVE-2025-54236 is an improper input validation vulnerability affecting 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. The flaw allows attackers to achieve session takeover, compromising both confidentiality and integrity of data. No user interaction is required, making it particularly dangerous in production environments.

Severity is declared critical with CVSS 9.1. The CVE was published on September 9, 2025. Notable signal: GitHub indicators from November 7, 2026 show a free security patch exists (Big Cart Energy) for Magento 2.3 and 2.4 versions lacking official Adobe fixes, confirming some releases remain uncovered. This suggests the vulnerability remains active in environments running abandoned releases.

Immediately verify which version of Adobe Commerce runs in production. If running 2.4.9-alpha2, 2.4.8-p2, 2.4.7-p7, 2.4.6-p12, 2.4.5-p14, 2.4.4-p15 or earlier, apply the official Adobe patch as soon as available. For versions lacking official patches, evaluate the community solution available on GitHub. Monitor user session access and verify the Web API input processor is correctly configured per Adobe security guidelines.

At a glance

What
Improper input validation allowing session takeover in Adobe Commerce without user interaction
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.1). Does not require user interaction; impacts confidentiality and integrity of data
Affected versions
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
Fix
Official Adobe patch for covered versions; community solution (Big Cart Energy) for uncovered 2.3 and 2.4 releases
Status
Published September 9, 2025. GitHub signals from November 7, 2026 confirm community patch available for abandoned versions
Action
Verify running version. Apply official Adobe patch. For uncovered versions, evaluate community solution. Monitor session access

Sources: NVD, CVE-2025-54236

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