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CVE-2006-5042

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5042 describes an unspecified vulnerability within the mosMedia (com_mosmedia) component, versions 1.0.8 and earlier, for Joomla! content management systems. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, achievable remotely without authentication. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_mosmedia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:mosmedia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

forum.joomla.org / index.php/topic%2C78533.0.html
forum.joomla.org / index.php/topic%2C79477.0.html