a vulnerability exist in globals.php when register_globals is off and allow remote code inclusion this a GLOBALS overwrite in components/com_content/content.html.php there is the line: require_once( $GLOBALS['mosConfig_absolute_path'] . '/includes/HTML_toolbar.php' ); ok da globals.php: if (!ini_get('register_globals')) { while(list($key,$value)=each($_FILES)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; while(list($key,$value)=each($_ENV)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; while(list($key,$value)=each($_GET)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; while(list($key,$value)=each($_POST)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; while(list($key,$value)=each($_COOKIE)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; while(list($key,$value)=each($_SERVER)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; while(list($key,$value)=@each($_SESSION)) $GLOBALS[$key]=$value; foreach($_FILES as $key => $value){ $GLOBALS[$key]=$_FILES[$key]['tmp_name']; foreach($value as $ext => $value2){ $key2 = $key . '_' . $ext; $GLOBALS[$key2] = $value2; } } } da fake protect in mambo.php: if (in_array( 'globals', array_keys( array_change_key_case( $_REQUEST, CASE_LOWER ) ) ) ) { die( 'Fatal error. Global variable hack attempted.' ); } if (in_array( '_post', array_keys( array_change_key_case( $_REQUEST, CASE_LOWER ) ) ) ) { die( 'Fatal error. Post variable hack attempted.' ); } poc: http://enviede.wistee-heb.fr/index.php?cat=poc slythers@gmail.com