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CVE-2006-2842

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 47.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier, if register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the plugins array parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties, who state that Squirrelmail provides prominent warnings to the administrator when register_globals is enabled. Since the varieties of administrator negligence are uncountable, perhaps this type of issue should not be included in CVE. However, the original developer has posted a security advisory, so there might be relevant real-world environments under which this vulnerability is applicable

Affected products

• SquirrelMail: through 1.4.6; 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3 (+20)

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20406
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20931
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21159
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21262
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016209
• http://squirrelmail.cvs.sourceforge.net/squirrelmail/squirrelmail/functions/global.php?r1=1.27.2.16&r2=1.27.2.17&view=patch&pathrev=SM-1_4-STABLE
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:101
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html

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