Cross-site scripting in oscommerce2 and osCommerce - CVE-2012-0312
Published: January 26, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44361
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0312
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: osCommerce
Affected software:
oscommerce2
osCommerce
oscommerce2
osCommerce
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in osCommerce 2.2MS1J before R9, and osCommerce Online Merchant before 2.3.1,. A remote authenticated 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0312
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.