CVE-2013-7236 describes a vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 2.0.6, 1.1.19, and earlier, where remote attackers can impersonate arbitrary users by leveraging Unicode homoglyph characters in usernames. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:1.0:beta4.1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplemachines:simple_machines_forum:1.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.