Stored script execution via unescaped shop data
Published Dec 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Stored XSS in Welcart e-Commerce before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through crafted shop data. The payment_ajax and item_option_ajax handlers store unescaped newexplanation and optvalue input, while registration city data reaches an unescaped administrator log. Subscriber access reaches the AJAX paths, and a shopper or administrator must open the affected payment, item-option, or log view for script execution.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Welcart e-Commerce before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through crafted shop data. The payment_ajax and item_option_ajax handlers store unescaped newexplanation and optvalue input, while registration city data reaches an unescaped administrator log. Subscriber access reaches the AJAX paths, and a shopper or administrator must open the affected payment, item-option, or log view for script execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3935
- Published
- Dec 12, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Welcart Inc.
- Product
- Welcart e-Commerce
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.8.4
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Public exploit references
- WPScan authenticated stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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