High

OpenCart Path Traversal

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

The "program extension upload" feature in OpenCart through 3.0.2.0 has a six-step process (upload, install, unzip, move, xml, remove) that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if the remove step is skipped, because the attacker can discover a secret temporary directory name (containing 10 random digits) via a directory traversal attack involving language_info['code'].

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package opencart/opencart <= 3.0.2.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
Composer
Package
opencart/opencart
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wx3q-f5f2-4q8v - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: opencart/opencart

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (17) in the archive
Total entries
17
First → latest
05.2021 07.2024
Without a fix
16
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 6
  • Medium 10
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 8
  3. 2023: 1
  4. 2024: 7
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. High · 7.2 CVE-2024-21518 >= 4.0.0.0 no fix
  2. High · 6.6 CVE-2024-21519 >= 4.0.0.0 no fix
  3. High · 7.4 CVE-2024-21514 <= 3.0.3.9 no fix
  4. High · 8.1 CVE-2023-2315 >= 4.0.0.0, < 4.0.2.3 4.0.2.3
  5. OpenCart Path Traversal this entry
    High · 8.0 CVE-2018-11494 <= 3.0.2.0 no fix
  6. High · 8.8 CVE-2018-13067 <= 3.0.2.0 no fix

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