PT-2005-5315 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2025-01-16 · CVE-2005-4650

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! version 1.03

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to resource consumption by utilizing a large number of Search Mambots, as the software does not restrict their number.

Recommendations For Joomla! version 1.03, consider restricting the number of Search Mambots to prevent denial of service attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the Search functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4650

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 7

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4650 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/21041 · Patch
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107698 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4650 · Note
• http://joomla.org/content/view/499/66 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/69694 · Telegram Post