CVE-2004-0240

Directory traversal vulnerability in X-Cart 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the shop_closed_file argument to auth.php.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0240 is rated Moderate Risk (43.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.49%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0240

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.74% 1.49% -1.25%
2 2025-11-21 0.41% 2.74% +2.33%
3 2025-03-27 0.41%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0240

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0240

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualiteam x-cart 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualiteam x-cart 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualiteam x-cart 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualiteam x-cart 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualiteam x-cart 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualiteam x-cart 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualiteam x-cart 3.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:qualiteam:x-cart:3.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0240

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