Path traversal in Zen Cart - CVE-2015-8352
Published: August 24, 2017 / Updated: March 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38427
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8352
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in Zen Cart 1.5.4. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a . (dot dot) in the act parameter to ajax.php.
Affected software
Zen Cart
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8352
Install update from vendor's website.