{"id":"CVE-2011-1128","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-1128","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:49.000Z","title":"The loadUserSettings function in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, does not properly handle invalid login attempts, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain access or cause a denial of…","description":"The loadUserSettings function in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, does not properly handle invalid login attempts, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain access or cause a denial of service via a brute-force attack.","published":"2011-06-21T02:52:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:28:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["simplemachines/smf"],"epss":{"score":0.01596,"percentile":0.75565,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_2.0-RC4_security.zip","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/17","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421547.0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_2.0-RC4_security.zip","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/17","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421547.0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1128","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}