Arastta 1.1.5 Cross Site Scripting

`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  
  
  
Blog Reference:  
https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Arastta-115-XSS-132.html  
  
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