# CVE-2025-54265: Magento allows incorrect authorization

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54265-magento-allows-incorrect-authorization  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-54265 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.9 · Published 2025-10-14

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 Incorrect Authorization vulnerability. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized read access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Technologies: [magento/community-edition (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/packagist-magento-community-edition), [magento/project-community-edition (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/magento-project-community-edition). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-54265 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54265 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-54265?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.9, published 14 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** magento/community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.4.9-alpha1,fixed=2.4.9-alpha3; magento/project-community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=2.0.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54265?** Yes. magento/community-edition (Packagist): upgrade to 2.4.9-alpha3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-54265?** Check whether you run magento/community-edition (Packagist) or magento/project-community-edition (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- magento/community-edition (Packagist): upgrade to 2.4.9-alpha3 or later

  ```sh
  composer require magento/community-edition:^2.4.9-alpha3
  ```


## Affected products

- magento/community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.4.9-alpha1,fixed=2.4.9-alpha3
- magento/project-community-edition (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=2.0.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-54265
- GHSA-r355-75hw-r8jf

## Related threats

- [Magento vulnerable to privilege escalation due to incorrect authorization](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54267-magento-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-due-to-incorrect)
- [Magento vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54266-magento-vulnerable-to-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss)
- [Magento vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54264-magento-vulnerable-to-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss)
- [Magento provides incorrect authorization through a security feature bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54263-magento-provides-incorrect-authorization-through-a-security)
- [Magento Community Edition Improper Input Validation vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54236-adobe-commerce-versions-2-4-9-alpha2-2-4-8-p2-2-4-7-p7-2-4-6-p12)