CVE-2009-5068

HIGH

Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum < 2.0.3 - Cleartext Storage

Title source: rule

Description

There is a file disclosure vulnerability in SMF (Simple Machines Forum) affecting versions through v2.0.3. On some configurations a SMF deployment is shared by several "co-admins" that are not trusted beyond the SMF deployment. This vulnerability allows them to read arbitrary files on the filesystem and therefore gain new privileges by reading the settings.php with the database passwords.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10274

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0311
EPSS Percentile 86.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-312
Status published
Products (1)
simplemachines/simple_machines_forum < 2.0.3
Published Jan 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026