Arpanet perlshop Shopping Cart perlshop.cgi information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Arpanet perlshop. Impacted is an unknown function of the file perlshop.cgi of the component Shopping Cart. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-1999-1374. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Arpanet perlshop (Programming Language Software) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file perlshop.cgi of the component Shopping Cart. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

perlshop.cgi shopping cart program stores sensitive customer information in directories and files that are under the web root, which allows remote attackers to obtain that information via an HTTP request.

The weakness was published 05/02/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1374. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10169 (Perlshop CGI Script Remote Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 840. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 899.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7557), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 1784†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6015†). Similar entries are available at VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 840
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP perlshop.cgi access
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Timelineinfo

04/27/1999 🔍
06/17/2003 +1512 days 🔍
11/24/2004 +526 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +159 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
10/20/2025 +3877 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1374 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1374
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24260
X-Force: 7557
SecurityFocus: 1784
Vulnerability Center: 6015 - Leakage of Information in perlshop.cgi via HTTP Request, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 10/20/2025 04:41
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (66), 05/26/2019 10:48 (2), 10/20/2025 04:41 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:F3B:103

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