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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 21, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-6741

CVE-2008-6741

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by setting the db_character_set parameter to a multibyte character set such as big5, which causes the addslashes PHP function to produce a "\" (backslash) sequence that does not quote the "'" (single quote) character, as demonstrated via a manlabels action to index.php.

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Affected products

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  • Simple Machines/Simple Machines Forum13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1.4
    • 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: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: <=1.1.4
  • Simple Machines/Smfllm-fuzzy
    Range: <=1.1.4

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