CVE-2005-4159

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor and third parties. SQL injection vulnerability in Memberlist.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1 rc1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the start parameter. NOTE: the vendor says that since only one character can be modified, there is no SQL injection. Thus this might be an "invalid SQL syntax error." Multiple followups support the vendor

Affected products

Simple Machines Forum: through 1.1_rc1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0090.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419068/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419105/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419250/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15791
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23546
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0090.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419068/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419105/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419250/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419535/100/0/threaded

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