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CVE-2008-6877· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/includes/initsystem.php in Zen Cart 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a, when .htaccess is not supported, allows rem

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.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jul 27, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.3% · 83th percentile
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Action score

28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
zen cartzen cart

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • zen cart zen cart1.3.8
  • zen cart zen cart1.3.8a

Same product

zen cart: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-0698Unspecified vulnerabilities in Zen Cart before 1.2.7 allow remote attackers to cause unknown impact via unspecified vectors related to "othe
    41Plan
  • CVE-2007-3597Session fixation vulnerability in Zen Cart 1.3.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the Cookie parameter.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4218Directory traversal vulnerability in Zen Cart 1.3.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and possibly execute arbitrary local fi
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4214Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Zen Cart 1.3.0.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) GPC
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2004-2023SQL injection vulnerability in login.php in Zen Cart 1.1.2d, 1.1.4 before patch 1, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to ex
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2006-0696SQL injection vulnerability in Zen Cart before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-22 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

    Fixed

    ts
    const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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