CVE-2006-4229

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in archive.php in the mosListMessenger Component (com_lm) before 20060719 for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.

Affected products

Joomla! Moslistmessenger Component: all versions
Mambo Moslistmessenger Component: all versions

References

http://blog.phil-taylor.com/2006/08/09/information-on-moslistmessenger-security-hardening/
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?topic=86460.msg439766#msg439766
http://secunia.com/advisories/21531
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443356/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3304
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28405
http://blog.phil-taylor.com/2006/08/09/information-on-moslistmessenger-security-hardening/
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?topic=86460.msg439766#msg439766
http://secunia.com/advisories/21531
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443356/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3304
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28405

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