Remository component for Mambo and Joomla! admin.repository.php file include
| remository-admin-file-include (28330) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Remository component for Mambo and Joomla! could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the admin.repository.php script using the 'mosConfig_absolute_path' parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
Platforms Affected:
- Mamboteam, Remository component for Joomla! 3.25
- Mamboteam, RemoSitory component for Mambo 3.25
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Remository (3.26 or later), available from the Remository Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Aug 10 2006 - 05:21:42 CDT , Mambo/Joomla Component Remository v3.25 (mosConfig_absolute_path) Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0198.html.
- Remository Web site, Remository Mambo-Joomla Components at http://www.remository.com/.
- BID-19465: Remository Admin.remository.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4130: 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.
- SA21477: Mambo Remository Component File Inclusion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3270: Remository Component for Mambo mosConfig_absolute_path File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 10, 2006
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