CVE-2008-6659

no score yetEPSS 3.3%

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.

EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2009-04-07
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

simple_machines:simple_machines_forum

References

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

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