CVE-2009-5068

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-312

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.

Affected products

SimpleMachines Simple Machines Forum: through 2.0.3

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/01/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/01/4

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