CVE-2008-6659 (GCVE-0-2008-6659)

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 users to configure arbitrary local files for execution via directory traversal sequences in the value of the theme_dir field during a jsoption action, related to Sources/QueryString.php and Sources/Themes.php, as demonstrated by a local .gif file in attachments/ with PHP code that was uploaded through a profile2 action to index.php.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/32516 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/50072 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7011 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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