CVE-2008-5604

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in My Simple Forum 3.0 and 4.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the action parameter.

Affected products

Drennansoft My Simple Forum: 3.0, 4.1

References

http://osvdb.org/50433
http://secunia.com/advisories/32984
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32643
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47097
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7342
http://osvdb.org/50433
http://secunia.com/advisories/32984
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32643
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47097
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7342

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