Executive brief
Adobe Commerce, an e-commerce platform used by online retailers to manage storefronts and transactions, contains an authorization flaw that allows attackers with elevated privileges to bypass security controls and gain unauthorized write access to the system. This could enable tampering with critical business logic, product data, or customer information without requiring any user interaction.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an incorrect authorization flaw in Adobe Commerce that permits privilege escalation through a security feature bypass. An attacker must already possess high-level privileges to exploit this issue, but can then circumvent authorization checks to achieve unauthorized write access to protected resources. The attack requires no user interaction and is network-reachable through the Commerce application. Exploitation could allow modification of system configuration, business rules, or sensitive data. The vulnerability was identified in CVE-2026-48411 with a CVSS score of 6.5 (medium severity).
Affected products
- Adobe Commerce
Timeline
- 2026-08-11: disclosed