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CVE-2008-6659

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 3%

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 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.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/50072
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32516
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139
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/7011

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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