CVE-2017-11675: zen-cart zen_cart Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11675 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Code Injection vulnerability in zen-cart zen_cart. EPSS estimates a 2.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-07-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.