Vulnerability CVE-2008-5604
Published: 2008-12-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in My Simple Forum 3.0 and 4.1, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the action parameter.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
My Simple Forum 3.0 (index.php action) Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
cOndemned
19.12.2008

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Drennansoft -> My simple forum 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47097
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32643
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7342
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4765
http://secunia.com/advisories/32984
http://osvdb.org/50433
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