CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-2842

7.5 HIGH Published 2006-06-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-06-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Affected configurations

• squirrelmail squirrelmail (<= 1.4.6) • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.0.4 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.0.5 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.0 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.1 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.2 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.3 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.4 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.5 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.6 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.7 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.8 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.9 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.10 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.2.11 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.0 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.1 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.2 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3 r3 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3 rc1 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.3a • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.4 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.4 rc1 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.5 • squirrelmail squirrelmail 1.4.6 rc1

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