Vulnerability CVE-2008-6659
Published: 2009-04-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Simple Machines Forum <= 1.1.6 (LFI) Code Execution Exploit
~elmysterio
09.04.2009

Type:

CWE-22

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.5/10
4.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Simple machines -> Simple machines forum 

 References:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7011
http://secunia.com/advisories/32516
http://osvdb.org/50072
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