CVE-2008-6659

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductSimple Machines Forum
PublishedApr 7, 2009
First seenApr 7, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
simple_machines simple_machines_forum1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 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—

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