VirtueMart up to 3.2.13 Backend cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in VirtueMart up to 3.2.13. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Backend. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-7465. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in VirtueMart up to 3.2.13. Affected is an unknown part of the component Backend. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

An XSS issue was discovered in VirtueMart before 3.2.14. All the textareas in the backend of the plugin can be closed by simply adding </textarea> to the value and saving the product/config. By editing back the product/config, the editor's browser will execute everything after the </textarea>, leading to a possible XSS.

The bug was discovered 02/24/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at virtuemart.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-7465 since 02/25/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 61 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.2.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44625). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• VirtueMart

Version

• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.2.7
• 3.2.8
• 3.2.9
• 3.2.10
• 3.2.11
• 3.2.12
• 3.2.13

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