PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in functions/plugin.php in SquirrelMail 1.4.6 and earlier, if register_globals is enabled and…

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

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

47.2% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• SUSE-SR:2006:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2007-2732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 18231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 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 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20060601 Squirrelmail local file inclusion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 21262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1016209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2006-06-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21159 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11670 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 26235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20931 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2842](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2842.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2842)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:06 UTC.