CVE-2015-8352

Directory traversal vulnerability in Zen Cart 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the act parameter to ajax.php.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537129/100/0/threaded	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39017/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23282	Exploit Patch Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?218914-Security-Patches-for-v1-5-4-November-2015	Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537129/100/0/threaded	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39017/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23282	Exploit Patch Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?218914-Security-Patches-for-v1-5-4-November-2015	Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-24 21:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2015-8352

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8352

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8352

JSON object : View

Products Affected

zen-cart

zen_cart

CWE

CWE-22

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

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