CVE-2006-2124
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SunShop 3.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) prevaction, (2) previd, (3) prevstart, (4) itemid, (5) id, and (6) action parameters in index.php.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SunShop 3.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via six parameters (prevaction, previd, prevstart, itemid, id, and action) in index.php. The application fails to properly sanitize user input in these parameters before including it in web output.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.0= 3.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SunShop installationLocate index.php in the web root and verify it is the SunShop application by searching for 'sunshop' or 'SunShop' in the file header or comments.Affected if The application is SunShop and index.php is present in the web directory.
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Identify the installed versionOpen index.php and search for a version string such as '3.5', '3.0', or similar version markers in the code comments, configuration section, or footer output.Affected if The version number displayed or embedded is 3.5, 3.0, or any version prior to 3.5.
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Locate vulnerable parameter handlingOpen index.php and search for the parameter names: prevaction, previd, prevstart, itemid, id, and action. Check if these are processed via $_GET or $_REQUEST and output to the page without sanitization.Affected if Any of these six parameters are processed and echoed back to the user without proper input validation or output encoding.
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Inspect input sanitization logicSearch the index.php file for functions like htmlspecialchars, strip_tags, or any validation routines applied to the six vulnerable parameters before output.Affected if No sanitization functions are found for prevaction, previd, prevstart, itemid, id, or action, or the existing sanitization is incomplete.
You are affected if SunShop version 3.5 or earlier is installed and the index.php file processes any of the six vulnerable parameters (prevaction, previd, prevstart, itemid, id, action) without proper input sanitization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and output encoding for all affected parameters in index.php. Consider deploying a web application firewall (WAF) as an interim control while code fixes are developed.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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