Check Point Advisories

Magento Authentication Bypass (CVE-2015-1398; CVE-2015-3457)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0108
Date Published:	1 Feb 2015
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 12 August, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-1398 CVE-2015-3457
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Magento Community Edition (CE) 1.9.1.0 Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) 1.14.1.0
Vulnerability Description	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Magento. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access into the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Magento Authentication Bypass protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Magento Authentication Bypass