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CVE-2009-4321: extras/curltest.php in Zen Cart 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file://

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 84.7% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

extras/curltest.php in Zen Cart 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file:// URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 14, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.4% · 84th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.4%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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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-2024-5762Zen Cart findPluginAdminPage Local File Inclusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    53Plan
  • CVE-2015-8352Directory traversal vulnerability in Zen Cart 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..
    44Plan
  • CVE-2006-0697Zen Cart before 1.2.7 does not protect the admin/includes directory, which allows remote attackers to cause unknown impact via unspecified v
    42Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2008-6985Aug 19, 2009 · Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in includes/classes/shopping_cart.php in Zen Cart 1.2.0 through 1.3.8a, when magic_quotes_gpc is disa
    27Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2008-6986Aug 19, 2009 · SQL injection vulnerability in the actionMultipleAddProduct function in includes/classes/shopping_cart.php in Zen Cart 1.3.0 through 1.3.8a,
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2009-4322Dec 14, 2009 · extras/ipn_test_return.php in Zen Cart allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request, which reveals the insta
    20Monitor

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

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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

References

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