CVE-2006-3757
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedindex.php in Zen Cart 1.3.0.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via empty (1) _GET[], (2) _SESSION[], (3) _POST[], (4) _COOKIE[], or (5) _SESSION[] array parameters, which reveals the installation path in an error message. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from a global overwrite vulnerability.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceindex.php in Zen Cart 1.3.0.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where sending empty array parameters (_GET[], _SESSION[], _POST[], _COOKIE[]) triggers PHP error messages that reveal the server's installation path. This occurs due to improper handling of these array superglobal parameters in the application.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.3.0.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Zen Cart versionCheck the version.php file in your Zen Cart installation root directory, or look for version information in the admin interface under Tools > Server InfoAffected if The installed version is exactly 1.3.0.2
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Locate index.php in web rootVerify the presence of index.php in your Zen Cart web directory and note its last modification date if possibleAffected if index.php exists at the site root and the application version is 1.3.0.2
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Check PHP error display settingInspect your php.ini file or run phpinfo() to check if display_errors is set to OnAffected if display_errors is enabled in PHP configuration (this allows the vulnerability to expose path information)
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Test for path disclosure with empty array parametersSend a request to index.php with an empty array parameter such as ?_GET[]= or submit a form with an empty array field like _POST[]=, then check if the error response reveals absolute file pathsAffected if The response contains server filesystem paths such as /home/username/public_html or similar installation directory information
You are affected if running Zen Cart 1.3.0.2 and PHP display_errors is enabled, as empty array parameters will expose the server installation path in error messages.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataDisable PHP error display on production systems (display_errors=off) and upgrade to a patched version of Zen Cart, or apply input validation fixes to index.php to properly handle empty array parameters without triggering path-disclosing errors.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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