Token theft via reflected file-manager directory input
Published Jun 22, 2024 · Updated Jan 14, 2025
Reflected XSS in OpenCart 4.0.0.0 through 4.0.2.3 allows remote attackers to steal a user's token through a crafted admin file-manager URL. The login controller preserves untrusted route arguments in a hidden redirect field, returns that redirect with the new token after authentication, and sends the directory value to the file-manager route without safe output handling. Exploitation requires knowledge of the admin path and either a victim who follows the URL and authenticates or an already authenticated administrator; the resulting script can access the administrator's token.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in OpenCart 4.0.0.0 through 4.0.2.3 allows remote attackers to steal a user's token through a crafted admin file-manager URL. The login controller preserves untrusted route arguments in a hidden redirect field, returns that redirect with the new token after authentication, and sends the directory value to the file-manager route without safe output handling. Exploitation requires knowledge of the admin path and either a victim who follows the URL and authenticates or an already authenticated administrator; the resulting script can access the administrator's token.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21516
- Published
- Jun 22, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Vendor
- OpenCart
- Product
- OpenCart
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=4.0.0.0 <*
- Affected versionversion=4.0.0.0 <4.1.0.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Snyk crafted file-manager URL proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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