CVE-2006-4286

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in contentpublisher.php in the contentpublisher component (com_contentpublisher) for Mambo allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties who state that contentpublisher.php protects against direct request in the most recent version. The original researcher is known to be frequently inaccurate

Affected products

Mambo: 4.0.14, 4.5.0.2, 4.5.1.3, 4.5.1_1.0.9, 4.5.1a, 4.5.1a-a (+15)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1431
http://www.osvdb.org/28093
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443626/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444244/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1431
http://www.osvdb.org/28093
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443626/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444244/100/0/threaded

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