Security advisory
The traverseStrictSanitize function in admin_dir/includes/classes/AdminRequestSanitizer.php in ZenCart 1.5.5e mishandles key strings, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing that code into an invalid array index of the admin_name array parameter to admin_dir/login.php, if there is an export of an error-log entry for that invalid array index.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-11675
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The traverseStrictSanitize function in admin_dir/includes/classes/AdminRequestSanitizer.php in ZenCart 1.5.5e mishandles key strings, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing that code into an invalid array index of the admin_name array parameter to admin_dir/login.php, if there is an export of an error-log entry for that invalid array index.
osv:CVE-2017-11675
Complete source record
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"summary": "The traverseStrictSanitize function in admin_dir/includes/classes/AdminRequestSanitizer.php in ZenCart 1.5.5e mishandles key strings, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by placing that code into an invalid array index of the admin_name array parameter to admin_dir/login.php, if there is an export of an error-log entry for that invalid array index.",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.442610311Z",
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"references": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2017-07-27T06:29:00.287+00:00"
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