CVE-2008-2905

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/Cache/Lite/Output.php in the Cache_Lite package in Mambo 4.6.4 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.

Affected products

Mambo: 4.0.14, 4.5, 4.5.0.2, 4.5.1.3, 4.5.1_1.0.9, 4.5.1_beta (+17)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30685
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29716
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020295
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43101
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5808
http://secunia.com/advisories/30685
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29716
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020295
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43101
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5808

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