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CVE-2008-6659 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....

MediumCVSS 5.5 EPSS 3.3%
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 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.

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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