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Mambo Open Source Remote File Include Vulnerability

Mambo is prone to a remote file include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary remote PHP code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

Update: Reportedly, this issue is being actively exploited in the wild; multiple Web sites have been defaced, and the issue described in this BID is being cited as the attackers method of entry.

Update 12/5/2005 - Reports indicate that a bot is propagating in the wild by exploiting this vulnerability.