# CVE-2024-21517: Cross site scripting in opencart

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the login redirect parameter, potentially compromising customer accounts in OpenCart shops.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** BIT-opencart-2024-21517, GHSA-qc3q-8rr8-8p5v

## What is CVE-2024-21517?

CVE-2024-21517 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in opencart/opencart, published on 22 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

This affects versions of the package opencart/opencart from 4.0.0.0. A reflected XSS issue was identified in the redirect parameter of customer account/login route. An attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and Javascript into the page response. As this vulnerability is present in the account functionality it could be used to target and attack customers of the OpenCart shop.

**Notes:**

1) The fix for this vulnerability is incomplete

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21517?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including opencart/opencart and opencart. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `opencart/opencart` | Packagist | From 4.0.0.0 | None |
| `opencart/opencart` | Packagist | From 4.0.0.0 | None |
| `opencart` | Bitnami | From 4.0.0-0 | None |

Products: Opencart Opencart.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-21517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21517 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-21517 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-21517 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in opencart/opencart

- [CVE-2023-40834](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40834/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-3990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3990/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-58341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-58341/): OpenCart Core 4.0.2.3 SQL Injection via search Parameter (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-47444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47444/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-13067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13067/): OpenCart Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21517 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-21517 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in opencart/opencart, published on 22 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-21517 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- opencart/opencart (Packagist): affected from 4.0.0.0; no fix listed
- opencart/opencart (Packagist): affected from 4.0.0.0; no fix listed
- opencart (Bitnami): affected from 4.0.0-0; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21517/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21517/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21517
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21517
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21517

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21517/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.