CVE-2008-6659 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-6659

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF)...

Vulnerability 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.

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

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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

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