TI-2012-01579 Aliases CVE-2012-1792 GHSA-8w73-522j-5x38

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in…

LOW 15CWE-79Published 2012-05-27 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in osCommerce/OM/Core/Site/Setup/Application/Install/RPC/DBCheck.php in OSCommerce Online Merchant 3.0.2, when the software is being installed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter to oscommerce/index.php, which is not properly handled in an error message. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability, since the ability to access oscommerce/index.php during installation may already imply administrator privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00865 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant::::::::	all versions; up to 3.0.2	Vulnerable	Os Commerce
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:2.2:::::::*	2.2	Vulnerable	Os Commerce
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:2.3.0:::::::*	2.3.0	Vulnerable	Os Commerce
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:2.3.1:::::::*	2.3.1	Vulnerable	Os Commerce

cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions; up to 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·Os Commerce
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·Os Commerce
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.0 Vulnerable ·Os Commerce
cpe:2.3:a:oscommerce:online_merchant:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·Os Commerce

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1792
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w73-522j-5x38

References

Exploit 1

https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-005.txt

TI-2014-08195 SQL injection vulnerability in the update_zone function in catalog/admin/geo_zones.php in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2012-00967 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2012-02595 The PayPal (aka MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD) module before 1.1 in osCommerce Online… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2018-13438 osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product"… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.9
TI-2018-13437 osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product"… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.9
TI-2018-13436 osCommerce 2.3.4.1 has an incomplete '.htaccess' for blacklist filtering in the "product"… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.9

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Sources

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