ID CVE-2006-5280 Type cve Reporter cve@mitre.org Modified 2017-10-19T01:29:00
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in includes/import-archive.php in Leicestershire communityPortals 1.0 build 20051018 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the cp_root_path parameter.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled and that support for ".htaccess" files is disabled.
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