CVE-2006-1794: Mambo

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in Mambo 4.5.3, 4.5.3h, and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the $username variable in the mosGetParam function and (2) the $task parameter in the mosMenuCheck function in (a) includes/mambo.php; and (3) the $filter variable to the showCategory function in the com_content component (content.php).

Affected products

• Mambo Mambo: up to and including 4.5.3h; version 4.0.14 only; version 4.5.1_1.0.9 only; version 4.5.1a only; version 4.5.2 only; version 4.5.2.1 only; …

Published 2006-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.