CVE-2006-4298
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in cache.php in osCommerce before 2.2 Milestone 2 060817 allow remote attackers to determine existence of arbitrary files and disclose the installation path via a .. (dot dot) in unspecified parameters in the (1) tep_cache_also_purchased, (2) tep_cache_manufacturers_box, and (3) tep_cache_categories_box functions.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.77%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/13/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=223556&pid=918371
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00110-08172006
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28435
- http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=223556&pid=918371
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00110-08172006
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28435
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