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CVE-2006-0871

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0871 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Mambo versions 4.5.3, 4.5.3h, and potentially earlier, allowing remote attackers to read and include arbitrary files through the mos_change_template parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure and arbitrary file inclusion. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-43835) indicating public exploit code, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5.3hCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo:4.5.3h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.3hCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mambo:mambo:4.5.3h:h:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43835 · Feb 24, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0463.html
secunia.com / advisories/18935
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/493
source.mambo-foundation.org / view/news/Announcements/Security_Patch_Released
Patch
gulftech.org
osvdb.org / 23505
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0719
Vendor Advisory