CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-6877
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-07-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• zen cart zen cart 1.3.8
• zen cart zen cart 1.3.8a
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/46912 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31039 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179 Exploit
- http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802 Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038 www.exploit-db.com
- http://osvdb.org/46912 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31039 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.html Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179 Exploit
- http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802 Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038 www.exploit-db.com