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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE-2025-45892

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

The opencart/opencart package is vulnerable to a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attack via the 'blog editor'. The vulnerability arises because input in the blog's editor is not properly sanitized or escaped before being rendered. This allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published