CVE-2006-1957

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Published Apr 21, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

The com_rss option (rss.php) in (1) Mambo and (2) Joomla! allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and possibly web-server outage) via multiple requests with different values of the feed parameter.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mambo-foundation:mambo:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1957	The com_rss option (rss.php) in (1) Mambo and (2) Joomla! allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and possibly web-server outage) via multiple requests with different values of the feed parameter.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.697% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0380.html
http://irannetjob.com/content/view/209/28/
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431317/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26131

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

Mambo-foundation Mambo

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:35 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 21, 2006, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:35 PM
Reserved: Apr 21, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 21, 2006, 10:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

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