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CVE-2006-2979

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2979 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ViArt Shop Free 2.5.5, and potentially other distributions like Light, Standard, and Enterprise. Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the forum_id parameter in forum.php and the item_id parameter in reviews.php, which are inadequately sanitized. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high access complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.5_freeCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viart:shop:2.5.5_free:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/20538
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1087
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27112
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-June/000846.html
codetosell.com / downloads/xss_fix.zip
PatchURL Repurposed
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436415/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18369
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2253