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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-6657
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of admins for requests that install packages via the package parameter in an install2 action.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
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Affected Vendor
simple machines
View all reports →Affected Software
simple machines forum
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.5, 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
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 7th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.