osCommerce admin/specials.php page cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in osCommerce. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file admin/specials.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5190. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in osCommerce (E-Commerce Management Software) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file admin/specials.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 shared 10/04/2006 by Lostmon Lords (Website). The advisory is shared at lostmon.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5190. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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/specials.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 (29806†) and Secunia (SA22275†). The entries VDB-32649, VDB-84739, VDB-84740 and VDB-84741 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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

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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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10/05/2006 +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-100-84749
X-Force: 29355 - osCommerce page and zpage parameters cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 20343 - osCommerce Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22275
OSVDB: 29806 - osCommerce admin/specials.php page Parameter XSS

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

Created: 05/08/2016 20:05
Updated: 04/23/2026 21:40
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:05 (51), 06/07/2017 14:52 (3), 08/05/2022 14:57 (3), 08/05/2022 15:01 (7), 04/23/2026 21:40 (16)
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