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CVE-2008-6658 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 administrators to install packages from arbitrary direc...

MediumCVSS 4.0 EPSS 2.0%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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 administrators to install packages from arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the package parameter during an install2 action, as demonstrated by a predictable package filename in attachments/ that was uploaded through a post2 action to index.php.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
simple machines forum = 1.0.5 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.0.6 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.0.7 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.0.11 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.0.12 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1.1 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1.2 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1.3 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1.4 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1.5 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1.6 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1_rc1 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1_rc2 No fix listed
simple machines forum = 1.1_rc3 No fix listed

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