CVE-2008-6658 (GCVE-0-2008-6658)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-07 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:34
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/50070 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6993 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-11-04 00:00
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