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CVE-2008-6659

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6659 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 1.0 prior to 1.0.15 and 1.1 prior to 1.1.7. This flaw allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary local files by manipulating the theme_dir field during a jsoption action. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a medium severity, and allows for partial confidentiality and integrity impact with low attack complexity and requiring authentication. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-7011) confirms the existence of public exploit code for local file inclusion and code execution, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:simple_machines_forum:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7011 · Nov 5, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 50072
secunia.com / advisories/32516
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/7011
securityfocus.com / bid/32139
Exploit
simplemachines.org / community/index.php
Vendor Advisory