CVE-2025-1748 HTML injection vulnerability in OpenCart

Medium 4.7 Published 28 Feb 2025 Updated 28 Feb 2025

Attackers can inject malicious HTML into the registration page via URL parameters, potentially altering the victim's browser view.

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

What is CVE-2025-1748?

CVE-2025-1748 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenCart, published on 28 Feb 2025. 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

HTML injection vulnerabilities in OpenCart versions prior to 4.1.0. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to modify the HTML of the victim's browser by sending a malicious URL and modifying the parameter name in /account/register.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1748?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including opencart. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`opencart` Bitnami	All versions	`4.1.0`

Products include Opencart Opencart.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1748?

Upgrade opencart to 4.1.0 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-1748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as BIT-opencart-2025-1748, GHSA-pm77-vj97-hfv8.