#VU42114 Cross-site scripting in CS-Cart


| Updated: 2020-08-10

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42114

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7317

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
CS-Cart
Web applications / CMS

Vendor: CS‑Cart

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in CS-Cart before 4.1.1 when processing the (1) settings_file or (2) data_file parameter to (a) ampie.swf, (b) amline.swf, or (c) amcolumn.swf. 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
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

CS-Cart: 1.3.0 - 4.0.2


External links
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405942


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.


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