CVE-2022-26982

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

SimpleMachinesForum 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by inserting a vulnerable php code because the themes can be modified by an administrator. NOTE: the vendor's position is that administrators are intended to have the ability to modify themes, and can thus choose any PHP code that they wish to have executed on the server.

Affected products

SimpleMachines Simple Machines Forum: through 2.1.1

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171486/SimpleMachinesForum-2.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/sartlabs/0days/blob/main/SimpleMachinesForum/Exploit.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171486/SimpleMachinesForum-2.1.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://github.com/sartlabs/0days/blob/main/SimpleMachinesForum/Exploit.txt

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