Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin.remository.php in the Remository Component (com_remository) 3.25 and earlier for Mambo and Joomla!, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mambo Component Remository 3.25 - Remote File Inclusion EDB-2172 · webapps · Aug 10, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 19465 vdb-entry
- 21477 third-party-advisory
- http://www.remository.com/rem/Remository/Download/Mambo-Software/ReMOSitory-components/Remository-3.26/
- 20060810 Mambo/Joomla Component Remository v3.25 (mosConfig_absolute_path) Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability mailing-list
- 1379 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-3270 vdb-entry
- remository-admin-file-include(28330) vdb-entry
- http://www.remository.com/component/option%2Ccom_mamboboard/func%2Cview/catid%2C6/id%2C3666/#3666