osCommerce admin/countries.php page cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in osCommerce. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin/countries.php. Such manipulation of the argument page leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-5190. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in osCommerce (E-Commerce Management Software) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file admin/countries.php. The manipulation of the argument page with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 09/27/2006. The weakness was published 10/04/2006 by Lostmon Lords (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lostmon.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5190. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/countries.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29355), SecurityFocus (BID 20343†), OSVDB (29797†), Secunia (SA22275†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016979†). Similar entries are available at VDB-32649, VDB-84739, VDB-84741 and VDB-84742. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/27/2006 🔍
10/04/2006 +7 days 🔍
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10/04/2006 +0 days 🔍
10/05/2006 +1 days 🔍
10/06/2006 +0 days 🔍
05/08/2016 +3502 days 🔍
04/23/2026 +3637 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lostmon.blogspot.com
Researcher: Lostmon Lords
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84740
X-Force: 29355 - osCommerce page and zpage parameters cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 20343 - osCommerce Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22275
OSVDB: 29797 - osCommerce admin/countries.php page Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1016979

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 20:04
Updated: 04/23/2026 21:02
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:04 (51), 06/07/2017 14:51 (3), 08/05/2022 13:53 (3), 08/05/2022 13:59 (7), 05/18/2025 20:31 (16), 04/23/2026 21:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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