X-Cart Email Subscription 'email' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36601
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 06 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 06 2009 06:29PM
Credit:	Paulo Santos
Vulnerable:	X-Cart X-Cart 0
Not Vulnerable:

X-Cart Email Subscription 'email' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

X-Cart is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the email subscription component because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

X-Cart Email Subscription 'email' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/36601.txt

X-Cart Email Subscription 'email' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

X-Cart Email Subscription 'email' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• X-Cart Homepage (X-Cart)