Path Traversal in Zen Cart

CVE-2008-6878

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/includes/languages/english.php in Zen Cart 1.3.8a, 1.3.8, and earlier, when .htaccess is not supported, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the _SESSION[language] 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)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Zen_cart — versions 1.3.8, 1.3.8a
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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