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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 via directory traversal sequences in the value of the…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 3.30%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.30%). 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 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.

CVSS 2.0
5.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
3.30% probability · 88th 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.