CVE-2006-3530
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in com_pccookbook/pccookbook.php in the PccookBook Component for Mambo and Joomla 0.3 and possibly…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 6.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in com_pccookbook/pccookbook.php in the PccookBook Component for Mambo and Joomla 0.3 and possibly up to 1.3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mambo Component pc_cookbook 0.3 - Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2024webapps, phppublished 17 Jul 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2024 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- ADV-2006-2739 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 21015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- pccookbook-pccookbook-file-include(27641) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv37-matdhule-2006.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060710 [ECHO_ADV_37$2006] pc_cookbook Mambo/Joomla Component <= v0.3 Remote File Include Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2024 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2006-3525 (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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