CVE-2006-4556

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: 2006-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in the JIM component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the product distribution does not include an index.php file. Also, this might be related to CVE-2006-4242

Affected products

Joomla! Jim Component: all versions
Mambo Jim Component: all versions

References

http://www.osvdb.org/28097
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443674/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444216/100/100/threaded
http://www.osvdb.org/28097
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443674/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444216/100/100/threaded

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