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CVE-2008-6658

N/A

Published: April 7, 2009 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSimple Machines Forum

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

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 administrators to install packages from arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the package parameter during an install2 action, as demonstrated by a predictable package filename in attachments/ that was uploaded through a post2 action to index.php.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Simple Machines Forum · Simplemachines

95%

1.0.11 1.0.12 1.0.5 1.0.6 1.0.7 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.1.6 1.1_rc1 1.1_rc2 1.1_rc3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/50070

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6993

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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