7487 : Mambo Open Source contact.php Unauthorized Mail Relay
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	621	over 9 years ago	about 5 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2003-09-19

Time to Exploit
1 days

Description

Mambo Open Source contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to relay mail. The issue is due to the contact.php script not properly authenticating a remote user. By providing custom arguments to the variables, a remote attacker can craft mail that will be sent through the remote server and appear to come from no one.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation, Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.14 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mambo Open Source

Mambo Server

4.0.14

References

ISS X-Force ID: 13240
Related OSVDB ID: 2166 7484 7485 7486
Bugtraq ID: 8647
Secunia Advisory ID: 9796
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-09/0303.html
Generic Informational URL: http://www.hackingzone.org/secviewarticle.php?id=11
Vendor URL: http://www.mamboserver.com/

Credit

Lifo Fifo - lifofifo20yahoo.com -

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