CVE-2005-3738
globals.php in Mambo Site Server 4.0.14 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables in…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
globals.php in Mambo Site Server 4.0.14 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables in the GLOBALS array and conduct various attacks, as demonstrated using the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to content.html.php for remote PHP file inclusion.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mambo 4.5.2 - Globals Overwrite / Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1337webapps, phppublished 22 Nov 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20060307 PHP-based CMS mass-exploitation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 15461 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?t=66154 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1015258 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20051116 mambo remote code sexecution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060308 RE: [Full-disclosure] PHP-based CMS mass-exploitation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20051118 Mambo 0day Exploit out in the wild - mambo/skype hacked (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3735 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-3738)Record last updated .