CVE-2006-6833 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

com_categories in Joomla! before 1.0.12 does not validate input, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2007-01-01

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.11:::::::*

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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-2006-6816	com_categories in Joomla! before 1.0.12 does not validate input, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

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 0.00025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2345006961/index.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23563
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/2495/78/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21810
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5202

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-01T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.390Z

Reserved: 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6833

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6833

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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