CVE-2005-3738

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-11-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 products

Mambo Site Server: 4.0, 4.0.10, 4.0.11, 4.0.12, 4.0.12_beta, 4.0.12_beta_2 (+4)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0520.html
http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?t=66154
http://secunia.com/advisories/17622
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015258
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/417215
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426942/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427196/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15461
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2473
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0520.html
http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?t=66154
http://secunia.com/advisories/17622

Get alerted when CVE-2005-3738 or the next vulnerability affects your stack