XML-RPC for PHP allows access to local files via malicious argument to the Client::send method
Abusing the $method argument of Client::send, it was possible to force the client to access local files or connect to undesired urls instead of the intended target server's url (the one used in the Client constructor). This weakness only affects installations where all the following conditions apply, at the same time: the xmlrpc Client is used, ie. not xmlrpc servers untrusted data (eg. data from remote users) is used as …