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CVE-2006-4996

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4996 describes an unspecified vulnerability in JoomlaLib (com_joomlalib) versions prior to 1.2.2, affecting Joomla! installations. This vulnerability, potentially related to "Joomla globals hacked by script kiddies," carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomlalib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0_alphaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomlalib:1.0.0_alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1_betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomlalib:1.1.1_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0234 is in the 68th 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

forge.joomla.org / sf/projects/joomlalib
Patch
forum.joomla.org / index.php/topic%2C77899.0.html
forum.joomla.org / index.php/topic%2C79477.0.html