Vulnerability CVE-2008-6878
Published: 2009-07-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
** DISPUTED ** 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."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Zen Cart 1.3.8 Multiple Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Cracker
28.07.2009

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Zen cart -> Zen cart 

 References:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6038
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31039
http://osvdb.org/46913
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