CVE-2005-4650 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Joomla! 1.03 does not restrict the number of "Search" Mambots, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of Search Mambots.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Joomla Subscribe	Joomla\! Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17675
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/499/66/
http://www.osvdb.org/21041

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-01-14T01:00:00Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:56:20.937Z

Reserved: 2006-01-14T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2005-4650

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:28.563Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-4650

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-770

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