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CVE-2008-6741

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by setting the db_character_set parameter to a multibyte character set such as big5, which causes the addslashes PHP function to produce a "\" (backslash) sequence that does not quote the "'" (single quote) character, as demonstrated via a manlabels action to index.php.

Affected products

• Simple Machines Forum: through 1.1.4; 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.1-rc1 (+5)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29734
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43118
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5826
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29734
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43118
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5826

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