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CVE-2008-6658

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.0 Published: 2009-04-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 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.

Affected Platforms

Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References