User:OldEcomGuru/OpenCart article
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{{Infobox Software
|name = OpenCart
|logo = 150px
|logo_caption = Open Source Shopping Cart Solution
|screenshot =
|caption = OpenCart Admin Panel
|author = Daniel Kerr
|developer = [http://www.opencart.com/ OpenCart Ltd.]
|num_employees = 3http://www.opencartnews.com/interviews/an-interview-with-opencart-founder-daniel-kerr/
|latest_release_version = v1.5.6
|programming_language = PHP
|latest_release_date = {{release date|2013|07|25}}
|latest release date = {{Start date and age|2013|07|25}}http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=download/download
|latest_preview_version =
|released = {{Start date|2009}}http://www.practicalecommerce.com/columns/open-source-ecommerce/10963-OpenCart-prepares-to-enter-the-big-leagues-releases-new-version
|operating_system = Cross-platform
|genre = Webshop, Shopping cart
|license = GPL
|website = [http://www.opencart.com/ http://www.opencart.com]
}}
OpenCart is an open source e-commerce web application that was launched on February 3, 2009.http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/downloads/detail?name=opencart_v1.0.zip&can=1&q= It was developed by Daniel Kerr (now OpenCart Ltd) along with co-developer 'Qphoria'.http://www.opencartnews.com/interviews/an-interview-with-qphoria/
OpenCart is designed for the small to medium-sized online merchant.http://www.practicalecommerce.com/columns/open-source-ecommerce/10963-OpenCart-prepares-to-enter-the-big-leagues-releases-new-version
One example web store running on OpenCart is the British Red Cross online gift shop.http://www.merchantmaverick.com/shopping-cart-reviews/opencart-review/
History
Daniel Kerr, founder of OpenCart, formerly used osCommerce. He wrote OpenCart between 2005 and 2009 after the next major osCommerce release was delayed.http://www.opencartnews.com/interviews/an-interview-with-opencart-founder-daniel-kerr/ On December 18, 2006, the first public beta version was released.http://code.google.com/p/open-cart/downloads/detail?name=opencart_v0.6.zip&can=1&q=
Usage
OpenCart has been adopted by over 184,000 online retailers{{cite web|title=Builtwith Trends - OpenCart|url=http://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/OpenCart|accessdate=19 September 2013}}; mainly smaller e-commerce websites, although divisions of some larger organizations such as the British Red Cross also use it.http://www.merchantmaverick.com/shopping-cart-reviews/opencart-review/
Publicised vulnerabilities
In January 2010 a CSRF exploit for OpenCart 1.4.x allowing a malicious page to create
an admin user was made public.http://vimeo.com/15337615http://www.secunia.com/advisories/cve_reference/CVE-2010-1610/ This class of vulnerability was still present in OpenCart 1.5.5.1 (released Jan 2013).http://secunia.com/advisories/53036/
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.opencart.com/ Official OpenCart Website]
- [http://opencartguru.com/ OpenCartGuru Qphoria's Website]
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:Category:Free e-commerce software