CVE-2008-6658

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Simple Machines Forum: 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.1.1 (+8)

References

http://osvdb.org/50070
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6993
http://osvdb.org/50070
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6993

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