Mambo Site Server contact.php script allows email to be sent anonymously
| mambo-contact-anonymous-email (13240) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mambo Site Server could allow a remote attacker to anonymously send email. A remote attacker could submit a specially-crafted HTML request to the contact.php script containing information in the $text, $from, $name, $email_to, and $sitename fields of the sendmail function to relay spam and email anonymously.
Platforms Affected:
- Mamboserver, Mambo Site Server 4.0.14
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 16, 2008.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 18 2003 - 00:25:19 CDT , Several Mambo 4.0.14 Stable Exploits at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-09/0303.html.
- Mambo Web site, Mambo Open Source at http://www.mamboserver.com/.
- BID-8647: Multiple Mambo Open Source 4.0.14 Server Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 18, 2003
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