CVE-2008-6658

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.98% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.6–4

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v2.03.6lowAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-6993Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.6 - Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1_rc1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1_rc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simple machines simple machines forum= 1.1_rc3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-04-07modified 2026-06-16

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references (6)

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