CVE-2008-6877

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Zen Cart: 1.3.8, 1.3.8a

References

http://osvdb.org/46912
http://secunia.com/advisories/31039
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038
http://osvdb.org/46912
http://secunia.com/advisories/31039
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038

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