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High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2020· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-5068

CVE-2009-5068

Description

There is a file disclosure vulnerability in SMF (Simple Machines Forum) affecting versions through v2.0.3. On some configurations a SMF deployment is shared by several "co-admins" that are not trusted beyond the SMF deployment. This vulnerability allows them to read arbitrary files on the filesystem and therefore gain new privileges by reading the settings.php with the database passwords.

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Affected products

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  • Simple Machines/Simple Machines Forum2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.3
    • (no CPE)range: <=v2.0.3
  • SMF/SMFv5
    Range: through 2.0.3

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