Path Traversal in Zen Cart
CVE-2008-6877
Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/includes/initsystem.php in Zen Cart 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a, when .htaccess is not supported, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the loader_file parameter. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "at worst, the use of this vulnerability will reveal some local file paths.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Zen Cart — versions 1.3.8, 1.3.8a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/31039 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- osvdb.org/46912 (vdb-entry)
- www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php (Exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179 (Exploit, vdb-entry)