CVE-2006-4470 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Joomla! before 1.0.11 omits some checks for whether _VALID_MOS is defined, which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, possibly resulting in PHP remote file inclusion.

Published: 2006-08-31

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4458	Joomla! before 1.0.11 omits some checks for whether _VALID_MOS is defined, which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, possibly resulting in PHP remote file inclusion.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00217.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21666
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/1841/78/
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/1843/74/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3408
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28631

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-31T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:46.668Z

Reserved: 2006-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4470

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-31T20:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4470

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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