CVE-2008-6877

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.

• CWE-22

• http://osvdb.org/46912
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31039Vendor Advisory
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.htmlExploit
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179Exploit
• http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802Exploit
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038
• http://osvdb.org/46912
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31039Vendor Advisory
• http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-July/002028.htmlExploit
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30179Exploit
• http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102802Exploit
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6038

Published

Jul 27, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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