Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
5.3
EPSS
0.14%
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

A vulnerability has been found in SimpleMachines SMF 2.1.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /index.php?action=profile;u=2;area=showalerts;do=read of the component User Alert Read Status Handler. The manipulation of the argument aid leads to improper control of resource identifiers. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
EPSS
0.14%
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SimpleMachines SMF 2.1.4. Affected is an unknown function of the file /index.php?action=profile;u=2;area=showalerts;do=remove of the component Delete User Handler. The manipulation of the argument aid leads to improper control of resource identifiers. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

DISPUTED SimpleMachinesForum 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary code by inserting a vulnerable php code because the themes can be modified by an administrator. NOTE: the vendor's position is that administrators are intended to have the ability to modify themes, and can thus choose any PHP code that they wish to have executed on the server.

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First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
SSRF
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before release 2.0.17. There is SSRF related to Subs-Package.php and Subs.php because user-supplied data is used directly in curl calls.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) through 2.0.5 has XSS

First published (updated )
Severity
4.9
Infoleak
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

File Disclosure in SMF (SimpleMachines Forum) <= 2.0.3: Forum admin can read files such as the database config.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

An issue was discovered in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 2.0.16. Reverse tabnabbing can occur because of use of blank for external links.

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First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The MessageSearch2 function in PersonalMessage.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 2.0.15 does not properly use the possibleusers variable in a query, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the scheduled parameter to index.php.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SQL injection vulnerability in the awardsMembers function in Sources/Profile.php in the Member Awards component 1.0.2 for Simple Machines Forum (SMF) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a profile action to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 dbcharacterset 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.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
CSRF
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of admins for requests that install packages via the package parameter in an install2 action.

First published (updated )
Severity
4
Path Traversal
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
Path Traversal
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

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 themedir 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.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in OpenCart 0.7.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) firstname and (2) search parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Unspecified vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.x before 1.1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.13 has unknown impact and attack vectors, probably cross-site scripting (XSS), related to "use of the html-tag."

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.x before 1.1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.13, when running in PHP before 4.2.0, does not properly seed the random number generator, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Simple Machines Forum (SMF), probably 1.1.4, relies on "randomly generated static" to hinder brute-force attacks on the WAV file (aka audio) CAPTCHA, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via an automated attack that considers Hamming distances. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2007-3308.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) Itemid or (2) topic arguments.

First published (updated )

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