MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6962

Rs Gallery2 vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.2%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in rsgallery2.html.php in the RS Gallery2 component (com_rsgallery2) 1.11.2 for Joomla! allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter. NOTE: this issue may overlap CVE-2006-5047.
Affected vendor
Joomla
Affected product
Rs Gallery2
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-01-29

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 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6962

  • Confirm whether Joomla Rs Gallery2 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6962.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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