Path Traversal in Simple Machines Forum
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 .. (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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Simple_machines Simple_machines_forum — versions 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)