CVE-2009-2255
Zen Cart 1.3.8a, 1.3.8, and earlier does not require administrative authentication for admin/record_company.php, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .php file via the record_company_image parameter in conjunction with a PATH_INFO of password_forgotten.php, then accessing this file via a direct request to the file in images/.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 31.0% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2251)
- Published
- June 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2251 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
- zen-cart / zen cart
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35550(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9004
- http://www.osvdb.org/55344
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35467(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5965(Patch)
- http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130161(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51316
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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