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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 directories via a ..

MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 1.98%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.98% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
simple machines/simple machines forum
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.