CVE-2008-6766
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 · uneditedcart_save.php in ViArt Shop (aka Shopping Cart) 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive shopping carts) via a flood of requests.
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 · moderate confidenceThe cart_save.php script in ViArt Shop 3.5 lacks proper resource management or rate limiting, allowing remote attackers to repeatedly submit requests that create excessive shopping cart records. This flood of cart creation requests exhausts server resources, causing denial of service to legitimate users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 3.5CVSS 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
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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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Identify if ViArt Shop is installedSearch the web root directory for ViArt Shop installation files or check for the presence of the /shop/ or /store/ directory structure commonly used by ViArt ShopAffected if ViArt Shop 3.5 is found on the server
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Verify the exact version of ViArt ShopCheck for a version file in the installation directory, or look for a meta tag or footer in the HTML source of any shop page that displays the version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 3.5
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Confirm cart_save.php exists and is accessibleLocate the cart_save.php script in the web directory, typically under the shop's admin or includes folder, and verify it responds to HTTP requestsAffected if The cart_save.php script exists and is web-accessible
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Check for rate limiting on cart operationsReview the web server configuration (Apache/nginx) or application-level settings to see if any rate limiting or request throttling is applied specifically to cart_save.phpAffected if No rate limiting, throttling, or request controls are configured for cart creation requests
The server is affected if ViArt Shop version 3.5 is installed with the cart_save.php script accessible and no rate limiting or request throttling is configured on cart creation operations.
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 rate limiting on cart_save.php to restrict the number of cart creation requests per user/IP within a time window, and add session-based or CAPTCHA controls to prevent automated flooding.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-6766 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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