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CVE-2008-6659

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 all

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote authenticated users to configure arbitrary local files for execution via directory traversal sequences in the value of the theme_dir field during a jsoption action, related to Sources/QueryString.php and Sources/Themes.php, as demonstrated by a local .gif file in attachments/ with PHP code that was uploaded through a profile2 action to index.php.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.09431
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  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
simple machines forumall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
webappsSimple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.6 - Local File Inclusion / Code Executionverified
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 32139www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 7011www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD07 Apr 2009 · 07:30 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/50072
http://secunia.com/advisories/32516Vendor Advisory
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0Vendor Advisory
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