CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-2842
7.5 HIGH
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- 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
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc patches.sgi.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20406 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20931 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21159 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016209 securitytracker.com
- 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 Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:101 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0547.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435605/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18231 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-06-01 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2101 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 www.vupen.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11670 oval.cisecurity.org
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc patches.sgi.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20406 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20931 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21159 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016209 securitytracker.com
- 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 Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:101 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html www.novell.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0547.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435605/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18231 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-06-01 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2101 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 www.vupen.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11670 oval.cisecurity.org