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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-6658

CVE-2008-6658

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.

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Affected products

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  • Simple Machines/Simple Machines Forum15 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.1_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <1.0.15, <1.1.7
  • Simple Machines/Smfllm-fuzzy
    Range: <1.0.15, <1.1.7

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