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CVE-2008-6544 (GCVE-0-2008-6544)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-30 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:34 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) settings[default_theme_dir] parameter to Sources/Subs-Graphics.php and (2) settings[default_theme_dir] parameter to Sources/Themes.php. NOTE: CVE and multiple third parties dispute this issue because the files contain a protection mechanism against direct request
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28493 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://osvdb.org/51301 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-03-28 00:00
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