CVE-2006-2979

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ViArt Shop Free 2.5.5, and possibly other distributions including Light, Standard, and Enterprise, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) forum_id parameter in forum.php, which is not properly handled in block_forum_topics.php, and (2) item_id parameter in reviews.php, which is not properly handled in block_reviews.php.

Published: 2006-06-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2979 is rated Low Risk (34/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2979

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 2025-03-17 0.50% 0.58% +0.08%
2 2024-12-17 0.43% 0.50% +0.07%
3 2023-08-08 0.43%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2979

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2979

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2979

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-2979: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-2979

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2979

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
viart shop 2.5.5_free cpe:2.3:a:viart:shop:2.5.5_free:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2979

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