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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2004-0241 json

X-Cart 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the perl_binary argument in (1) upgrade.php or (2) general.php.

published 2004-03-18 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0241

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

X-Cart 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the perl_binary argument in (1) upgrade.php or (2) general.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23637)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23637 Qualiteam X-Cart 3.x - 'upgrade.php?perl_binary' Arbitrary Command Execution webapps, 2004-02-03
  • EDB-23636 Qualiteam X-Cart 3.x - 'general.php?perl_binary' Arbitrary Command Execution webapps, 2004-02-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9560 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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