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CVE-2006-2842

61
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2842 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier, specifically within the functions/plugin.php file. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by manipulating the 'plugins' array parameter, but only if PHP's register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates and an ExploitDB entry exist, suggesting exploitability, despite community discussion and media coverage being minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
44.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2006-2842 · Nov 15, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-27948 · Jun 2, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4402 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.6-7.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.6-7.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2842Moderate

security flaw

Jun 1, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
secunia.com / advisories/20406
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20931
secunia.com / advisories/21159
secunia.com / advisories/21262
secunia.com / advisories/26235
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11670
squirrelmail.cvs.sourceforge.net / squirrelmail/squirrelmail/functions/global.php
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0547.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435605/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18231
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/25159
squirrelmail.org / security/issue/2006-06-01
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2101
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2732