Zen Cart “url” Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA37630

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/37630/

DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been discovered in Zen Cart, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the “url” parameter in extras/curltest.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources via the “file://” protocol wrapper.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.3.8a (full fileset 12112007). Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION: The vendor recommends to delete the “extras” folder from the webroot.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Bogdan Calin, Acunetix

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Zen Cart: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142784

Acunetix: http://www.acunetix.com/blog/websecuritynews/acusensor-curl-and-zen-cart/

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