MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3530

Pc Cookbook vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in com_pccookbook/pccookbook.php in the PccookBook Component for Mambo and Joomla 0.3 and possibly up to 1.3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.
Affected vendor
Joomla
Affected product
Pc Cookbook
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2006-07-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-3530

  • Confirm whether Joomla Pc Cookbook is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3530.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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