CVE-2005-3738

Mambo Site Server vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

globals.php in Mambo Site Server 4.0.14 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables in the GLOBALS array and conduct various attacks, as demonstrated using the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to content.html.php for remote PHP file inclusion.

Affected vendor

Mambo

Affected product

Mambo Site Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2005-11-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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