Code Injection in Zen Cart - CVE-2017-11675

 

Code Injection in Zen Cart - CVE-2017-11675

Published: July 27, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38635
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11675
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Zen Cart
Software vendor:
Zen Cart Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

The traverseStrictSanitize function in admin_dir/includes/classes/AdminRequestSanitizer.php in ZenCart 1.5.5e mishandles key strings, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing that code into an invalid array index of the admin_name array parameter to admin_dir/login.php, if there is an export of an error-log entry for that invalid array index.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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