CVE-2006-5096

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in VirtueMart (formerly known as mambo-phpShop) Joomla! eCommerce Edition CMS 1.0.11, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Itemid parameter in a (1) com_contact or (2) subscribe action.

Published: 2006-09-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5096 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.78%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5096

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28719 exploit_db edb 2006-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5096

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 2025-05-18 0.65% 0.78% +0.14%
2 2025-03-17 2.75% 0.65% -2.10%
3 2024-12-17 2.75%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5096

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5096

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5096

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-5096: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5096

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5096

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
virtuemart virtuemart_joomla_ecommerrce_edition_cms <= 1.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:virtuemart:virtuemart_joomla_ecommerrce_edition_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5096

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