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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Joomla Other Vulnerability (CVE-2006-1956)

Description

The com_rss option (rss.php) in (1) Mambo and (2) Joomla! allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid feed parameter, which reveals the path in an error message.

Remediation

References

CVE-2006-1956

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Severity

Medium

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CVE-2006-1956

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