CVE-2008-6659

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.

• CWE-22

• http://osvdb.org/50072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32516Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139Exploit
• http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7011
• http://osvdb.org/50072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32516Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139Exploit
• http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0Vendor Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7011

Published

Apr 7, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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