CVE-2008-6659

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 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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by ~elmysterio · perlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7011

References (5)

Scores

EPSS 0.0754
EPSS Percentile 91.8%

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