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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-5068

There is a file disclosure vulnerability in SMF (Simple Machines Forum) affecting versions through v2.0.3.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.73%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is a file disclosure vulnerability in SMF (Simple Machines Forum) affecting versions through v2.0.3. On some configurations a SMF deployment is shared by several "co-admins" that are not trusted beyond the SMF deployment. This vulnerability allows them to read arbitrary files on the filesystem and therefore gain new privileges by reading the settings.php with the database passwords.

CVSS 3.1
7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.73% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-312
Affected
simplemachines/simple machines forum
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

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