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CVE-2006-1957

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.

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
21 Apr 2006
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Exploit chance
1.7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 77% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Joomla!Servers and applications · cpe:a:joomla:joomla\!
  • Every version

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1957
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1957