Zen Cart Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA22118
Release Date: 2006-09-29
Last Update: 2006-10-16
Popularity: 4,515 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Zen Cart 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5119


Description:
Armorize Technologies has discovered some vulnerabilities in Zen Cart, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "admin_email" parameter in admin/password_forgotten.php, and the "admin_name" and "admin_pass" parameters in admin/login.php isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3.5. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patches.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=270823#post270823

Provided and/or discovered by:
Armorize Technologies

Changelog:
2006-10-03: Added CVE reference.
2006-10-04: Updated "Solution" section.
2006-10-16: Updated "Description" section. Added vulnerable parameter "admin_pass".

Original Advisory:
http://www.armorize.com/resources/vul...l.php?cve_name=Armorize-ADV-2006-0003


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