Cross-site scripting in Zen Cart - CVE-2011-4547

 

Cross-site scripting in Zen Cart - CVE-2011-4547

Published: November 29, 2011 / Updated: March 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44482
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4547
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Zen Cart
Software vendor:
Zen Cart Team

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_header_test_info.php in Zen Cart, when processing the main_page parameter or PATH_INFO. 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 but requires debugging to be enabled.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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