What is CVE-2005-4650?

CVE-2005-4650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2005-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2005-4650?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2005-4650

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.

Published 2005-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\! — versions 1.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.osvdb.org/21041 (Patch, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.joomla.org/content/view/499/66/ (Product, Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/17675 (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-4650?: CVE-2005-4650 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2005-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2005-4650?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.