CVE-2026-39903

Simple Machines Forum Authorization Bypass via AttachmentApprove.php

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 10, 2026 at 04:03 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSimple Machines ForumSMF

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Simple Machines Forum 2.1 prior to 2.1.8 and 3.0 prior to 3.0 Alpha 5 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in Sources/Actions/AttachmentApprove.php where a single-character operator error causes the permission check to always pass regardless of user permissions. An authenticated low-privileged user can approve, reject, or delete any pending attachments on any board without holding the required approve_posts permission, bypass moderation queues for their own uploads, and enumerate and delete other users' pending attachments.

Affected

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

2.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.1.72.1.03.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 7d048f8d66aab9af51cd6ee110fbad103cf673e8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in a7875e876a647572dd4c45da881b875092caac3d (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.1HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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