CVE-2009-2255

Zen Cart 1.3.8a, 1.3.8, and earlier does not require administrative authentication for admin...

6.8 MediumPublic exploit

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/.

Exploit likelihood

31.0%Up 15.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Record: CVE-2009-2255
CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-287
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2009-2255
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2009-2251 No score

Record: EUVD-2009-2251
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvvw-4c7p-rr6q No score

Zen Cart 1.3.8a, 1.3.8, and earlier does not require administrative authentication for admin...

Record: GHSA-jvvw-4c7p-rr6q
Weakness: CWE-287
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

zen-cart zen cart

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Zen Cart 1.3.8 - Remote Code Execution	2009-06-23

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-2255 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Zen-cart Zen Cart, published June 30, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 31.0%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.