CVE-2025-40627
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedReflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AbanteCart v1.4.0, that could allow an attacker to execute JavaScript code in a victim's browser by sending the victim a malicious URL. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user data, such as session cookies, or to perform actions on behalf of the user, through "/eyes? [XSS_PAYLOAD]".
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in AbanteCart v1.4.0 allows injection of malicious JavaScript via the '/eyes?' endpoint. Attackers can craft URLs containing XSS payloads that execute in victim browsers, enabling session cookie theft and unauthorized actions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.4.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify AbanteCart installationLocate the AbanteCart application in your environment. Check the admin dashboard footer, a version file in the root directory, or the database settings for the installed version number.Affected if The product is AbanteCart version 1.4.0 exactly.
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Confirm exact version 1.4.0Compare the installed version against the affected range. The CVE states only version 1.4.0 is affected, not earlier or later versions.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.4.0 (no other version number).
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Verify the /eyes? endpoint existsAttempt to access the /eyes? endpoint via HTTP request to confirm it responds. This endpoint is where the reflected XSS vulnerability exists.Affected if The /eyes? endpoint is reachable and responds to requests.
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Test for reflected parameter handlingIf authorized, send a request to /eyes? with a benign test parameter (for example, ?test=123) and examine the response to see if the value is reflected back without sanitization.Affected if URL parameters are reflected in the response without encoding or sanitization.
You are affected if you are running AbanteCart version exactly 1.4.0 and the /eyes? endpoint reflects unsanitized user input in its response.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement input validation and output encoding on the '/eyes?' endpoint to sanitize user-supplied data before rendering.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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