# CVE-2023-41879: Magento LTS's guest order "protect code" can be brute-forced too easily

- Also known as: GHSA-9358-CPVX-C2QP
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 19.5.1, 20.1.1
- Published: 2023-09-11 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- OpenMage magento-lts: through 19.5.0; from 20.0.0, through 20.1.0
- openmage/magento-lts (Packagist): fixed in 19.5.1
- openmage/magento-lts (Packagist): from 20.0.0, fixed in 20.1.1

## Description

Magento LTS is the official OpenMage LTS codebase. Guest orders may be viewed without authentication using a "guest-view" cookie which contains the order's "protect_code". This code is 6 hexadecimal characters which is arguably not enough to prevent a brute-force attack. Exposing each order would require a separate brute force attack. This issue has been patched in versions 19.5.1 and 20.1.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenMage magento-lts, openmage/magento-lts, upgrade to a fixed version (19.5.1, 20.1.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/security/advisories/GHSA-9358-cpvx-c2qp
- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/commit/2a2a2fb504247e8966f8ffc2e17d614be5d43128
- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/commit/31e74ac5d670b10001f88f038046b62367f15877
- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/releases/tag/v19.5.1
- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/releases/tag/v20.1.1

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