CVE-2008-6659

Published: Apr 7, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (14)

Products: Simple Machines: Simple Machines Forum

Simple Machines

1 product

Simple Machines Forum

Configuration A

14 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.0.11
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.0.12
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.0.5
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.0.6
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.0.7
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1.1
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1.2
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1.3
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1.4
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1.5
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1.6
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1_rc1
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1_rc2
Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum	Version 1.1_rc3