Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in osCommerce/OM/Core/Site/Shop/Application/Cart/pages/main.php in OSCommerce Online Merchant 3.0.2
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in osCommerce/OM/Core/Site/Shop/Application/Cart/pages/main.php in OSCommerce Online Merchant 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the value_title parameter, as demonstrated using the "Front" field in the shirt module.
- Published
- Feb 13, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.4% · 88th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| oscommerce | online merchant | cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- oscommerce online merchant3.0.2
Same product
oscommerce: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2014-10033SQL injection vulnerability in the update_zone function in catalog/admin/geo_zones.php in osCommerce Online Merchant 2.3.3.4 and earlier all27Monitor
- CVE-2012-2991The PayPal (aka MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD) module before 1.1 in osCommerce Online Merchant before 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to set 20Monitor
- CVE-2018-18966osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product" page.19Monitor
- CVE-2018-18965osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product" page.19Monitor
- CVE-2018-18964osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product" page.19Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2012-02-02 |
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- First PoC-12 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+5342 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51831
- www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=407
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72916
- github.com/osCommerce/oscommerce/commit/a5aeb0448cc333cc4b801c0e01981b218fd9c7df
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.