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...
- Published
- Apr 7, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Nov 4, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 79.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Charles Fol · php · Nov 4, 2008
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