CVE-2006-2533
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 · uneditedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) addWeblog.php and (2) leaveComments.php in Destiney Rated Images Script 0.5.0 does not properly filter all vulnerable HTML tags, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript in a DIV tag.
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 confidenceDestiney Rated Images Script 0.5.0 fails to properly sanitize user input in addWeblog.php and leaveComments.php, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via DIV tags. The application does not filter all dangerous HTML tags, enabling stored XSS attacks.
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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= 0.5.0CVSS 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 Destiney Rated Images Script is installedSearch for the presence of addWeblog.php and leaveComments.php in your web accessible directories. Common paths may include /webapp/, /scripts/, or the web root.Affected if Either addWeblog.php or leaveComments.php exists in your environment
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Verify the installed version is 0.5.0Open the application source files and look for version strings. Check index.php, readme.txt, or any version/credits file for the exact version number.Affected if The version is exactly 0.5.0 (no other version is affected)
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Confirm the vulnerable scripts accept user inputReview the source code of addWeblog.php and leaveComments.php to verify they accept and process user-submitted content without proper filtering of HTML tags.Affected if The scripts accept user input and lack DIV tag filtering in the input validation routines
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Check if the application is live and accessibleDetermine whether the affected PHP files are accessible via HTTP/HTTPS on your web server and are actively processing requests.Affected if The vulnerable scripts are accessible and in use on a live server
You are affected only if you have Greg Donald Destiney Rated Images Script version 0.5.0 installed with addWeblog.php or leaveComments.php accessible and processing user input without DIV tag 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/sanitization for all user-supplied content, specifically filtering or encoding HTML tags including DIV elements before rendering. Use a whitelist approach or established HTML sanitization library.
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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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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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