Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in Zen Cart 1.3.5

Armorize Technologies Security Advisory

Advisory No:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0003

Date:
2006/9/27

Summary:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0003 discloses multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that are found in Zen Cart, which is a PHP e-commerce shopping program and is Built on a foundation of OScommerce GPL code. It provides an easy-to-setup and run online store.

Affected Software:
Zen Cart 1.3.5

Vulnerability Description:
Cross-Site Scripting

Analysis/Impact:
Privacy leakages from the client-side may lead to session hijacking, identity theft and information theft.

Detection/Exploit(partial):
http://www.example.com/[PATH]/login.php
http://www.example.com/[PATH]/password_forgotten.php

Protection/Solution:

1. Escape every questionable URI and HTML script.
2. Remove prohibited user input.

Credit: Security Team at Armorize Technologies, Inc. ([email protected])

Additional Information:
Link to this Armorize advisory
http://www.armorize.com/advisory.php?Keyword=Armorize-ADV-2006-0002

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