CVE-2006-1957

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory kapda.ir
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0380.html mailing list
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-313.html exploit vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431317/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26131 vdb entry
http://irannetjob.com/content/view/209/28/ url repurposed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1957?
CVE-2006-1957 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1957?
To fix CVE-2006-1957, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1957 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1957 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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