CVE-2006-1957
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Improper input validation
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.