CVE-2025-52074
📋 TL;DR
PHPGURUKUL Online Shopping Portal 2.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the quantity parameter when adding products to cart. Attackers can inject malicious scripts that execute in users' browsers when viewing their cart. This affects all users of the vulnerable shopping portal.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGURUKUL Online Shopping Portal
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious sites, perform actions on behalf of authenticated users, or deploy malware through the shopping portal.
Likely Case
Session hijacking leading to account compromise, defacement of shopping cart pages, or credential theft from legitimate users.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and output encoding, though some functionality disruption may occur.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (viewing cart) but no authentication. The PDF reference describes the vulnerability but doesn't include full exploit code.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown - check vendor for updates
Vendor Advisory: Not provided in CVE details
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Contact PHPGURUKUL for patched version. 2. Replace vulnerable files with patched versions. 3. Test cart functionality after update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Output Encoding
allImplement server-side validation and HTML encoding for the quantity parameter
Modify cart processing code to validate quantity as integer and encode output
WAF Rule Implementation
allDeploy web application firewall rules to block XSS payloads in quantity parameter
Configure WAF to detect and block scripts in POST parameters
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict script execution
- Disable cart functionality or implement rate limiting on cart operations
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by submitting malicious script in quantity field (e.g., <script>alert('XSS')</script>) and check if it executes when viewing cartCheck Version:
Check PHPGURUKUL version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt same XSS payload and verify it's properly sanitized or blocked📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual quantity values containing script tags or JavaScript
- Multiple cart operations from single IP with varying payloads
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to cart endpoint with script content in parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri="/cart" OR uri="/add-to-cart") AND (param="quantity" AND value MATCHES "<script.*>.*</script>" OR "javascript:")