Vulnerability identifier: #VU40882

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0882

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Zen Cart
Web applications / E-Commerce systems

Vendor: Zen Cart Team

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in zencart-ja (aka Zen Cart Japanese edition) 1.3 jp through 1.3.0.2 jp8 and 1.5 ja through 1.5.1 ja when processing a crafted parameter, related to admin/includes/init_includes/init_sanitize.php and includes/init_includes/init_sanitize.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Zen Cart: 1.3.0.0 - 1.5.1

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External links
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN44544694/281242/index.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN44544694/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000027
http://github.com/zencart-ja/zc-v1-series/commit/022949bd09444d7e58703cc537dbbd5744c381b8

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.