CVE-2006-4556 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in the JIM component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the product distribution does not include an index.php file. Also, this might be related to CVE-2006-4242

Published: 2006-09-06

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:jim_component::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mambo:jim_component::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.00059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.osvdb.org/28097
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443674/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444216/100/100/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Jim Component

Mambo Jim Component

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:47.564Z

Reserved: 2006-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4556

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-06T00:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4556

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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