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CVE-2006-1957

Published: Apr 21, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

n/an/a
joomla\!joomla
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
mambomambo-foundation
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
joomlaoss-projectAUWeb & CMS Pluginsaka joomla!, bsq sitestats
mambo-foundationoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka mambo, mambo cms, com musica

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0380.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-313.html
kapda.ir
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431317/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 21, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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