CVE-2008-6658

Simple Machines Forum - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

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 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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Charles Fol · phpwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6993

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (3)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6993

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/50070

Scores

EPSS 0.0258

EPSS Percentile 85.6%

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (14)

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.0.5

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.0.6

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.0.7

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.0.11

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.0.12

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.1.1

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.1.2

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.1.3

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.1.4

simple_machines/simple_machines_forum 1.1.5

... and 4 more

Published Apr 07, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026