Arbitrary PHP file creation via backup filename
Published Jun 22, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Arbitrary file creation in OpenCart 4.0.0.0 and later allows remote authenticated users with admin privileges to write PHP backup files. The upload route decodes an attacker-controlled filename into the oc_upload table, while the backup controller accepts any basename and writes serialized table rows to that file under the storage backup directory. Exploitation requires administrator upload and backup permissions; recommended deployments place storage outside the web root, limiting direct PHP execution.
Summary
What happened
Arbitrary file creation in OpenCart 4.0.0.0 and later allows remote authenticated users with admin privileges to write PHP backup files. The upload route decodes an attacker-controlled filename into the oc_upload table, while the backup controller accepts any basename and writes serialized table rows to that file under the storage backup directory. Exploitation requires administrator upload and backup permissions; recommended deployments place storage outside the web root, limiting direct PHP execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21519
- Published
- Jun 22, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- OpenCart
- Product
- OpenCart
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1505.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.0.0.0 <*
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