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CVE-2008-6741

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

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 db_character_set 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.

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-89
EPSS score
1.0% (62th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-6701)
Published
April 21, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6701 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum
  • simple machines / simple machines forum

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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