CVE-2006-1957

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-04-21 CVE Reserved
2006-04-21 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0380.html	Mailing List
http://irannetjob.com/content/view/209/28	Url Repurposed
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431317/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26131	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-313.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"		Joomla\! Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla\!"				*		-		Affected
Mambo-foundation Search vendor "Mambo-foundation"		Mambo Search vendor "Mambo-foundation" for product "Mambo"				-		-		Affected