CVE-2006-4556: Joomla! Jim Component

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in the JIM component for Mambo and Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter. NOTE: another researcher has stated that the product distribution does not include an index.php file. Also, this might be related to CVE-2006-4242

Affected products

  • Joomla! Jim Component: any version
  • Mambo Jim Component: any version

Published 2006-09-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.