Joomla (and Mambo) are recently a big target for hackers and exploited a lot. All users who installed Joomla or Mambo are encouraged to update it to the latest version as fast as possible and thoroughly check their files for malicious scripts that might be uploaded.
Also, please add the following code to your .htaccess file, to block out the most common exploits:
Also, please add the following code to your .htaccess file, to block out the most common exploits:
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#Begin # Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|%3D) [OR] # Block out any script trying to base64_encode **** to send via URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*(.*) [OR] # Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR] # Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR] # Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR] # Block out any script that tries to set CONFIG_EXT (com_extcal2 issue) RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} CONFIG_EXT([|%20|%5B).*= [NC,OR] # Block out any script that tries to set sbp or sb_authorname via URL (simpleboard) RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} sbp(=|%20|%3D) [OR] RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} sb_authorname(=|%20|%3D) # Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error! RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L] # #End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits ***************************************************** |
