CVE-2008-6544
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
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6510)
- Published
- March 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6510 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- simple machines / simple machines forum
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-03/0425.html(Exploit)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-03/0426.html(Exploit)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-03/0431.html(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/51301
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28493
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41518
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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