CVE-2006-2842
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier, if register_globals is enabled and…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 47.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier, if register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the plugins array parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties, who state that Squirrelmail provides prominent warnings to the administrator when register_globals is enabled. Since the varieties of administrator negligence are uncountable, perhaps this type of issue should not be included in CVE. However, the original developer has posted a security advisory, so there might be relevant real-world environments under which this vulnerability is applicable
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- Squirrelmail <=1.4.6 - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2006/CVE-2006-2842.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Squirrelmail 1.4.x - 'Redirect.php' Local File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27948webapps, phppublished 2 Jun 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 47.2% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References19
- SUSE-SR:2006:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://squirrelmail.cvs.sourceforge.net/squirrelmail/squirrelmail/functions/global.php?r1=1.27.2.16&r2=1.27.2.17&view=patch&pathrev=SM-1_4-STABLE (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060601 Squirrelmail local file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-06-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21159 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11670 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 26235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20931 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2839 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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