CVE-2008-6877 (GCVE-0-2008-6877)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-27 14:22 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/… mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
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http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-07-10 00:00
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