Arastta 1.1.5: XSS

Arastta 1.1.5: XSS

Date: 2015-12-21 10:56:15
Security Advisory – Curesec Research Team

1. Introduction

Affected Product: Arastta 1.1.5
Fixed in: not fixed
Fixed Version Link: n/a
Vendor Website: http://arastta.org/
Vulnerability Type: XSS
Remote Exploitable: Yes
Reported to vendor: 11/21/2015
Disclosed to public: 12/21/2015
Release mode: Full Disclosure
CVE: n/a
Credits Tim Coen of curesec GmbH

2. Overview

CVSS

Medium 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Arastta is an eCommerce software written in PHP. In version 1.1.5, a given URL is echoed unencoded, leading to XSS. This can be used to inject JavaScript keyloggers or to bypass CSRF protection. If the victim is an admin with the right "Tool -> File Manager", this can lead to code execution via the file manager.

3. Proof of Concept

http://localhost/Arastta/index.php/desktops/pc"><script>alert(1)</script>?sort=pd.name&order=DESC

4. Code

/catalog/view/theme/default/template/common/header.tpl <?php foreach ($links as $link) { ?> <link href="<?php echo $link['href']; ?>" rel="<?php echo $link['rel']; ?>" /> <?php } ?>

5. Solution

This issue was not fixed by the vendor.

6. Report Timeline

11/21/2015 Informed Vendor about Issue (no reply)
12/10/2015 Reminded Vendor of Disclosure Date (no reply)
12/17/2015 Disclosed to public