PT-2006-1942 · Simple Machines · Simple Machines Forum

Compuart · Published 2006-02-25 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-0896

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Machine Forum (SMF) version 1.0.6

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header field. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions on the affected system.

Recommendations For Simple Machine Forum (SMF) version 1.0.6, update to a newer version that addresses this issue. If no update is available, consider restricting access to the Sources/Register.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider validating and sanitizing the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header field to prevent malicious input.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0896

Affected Products

Simple Machines Forum

References · 11

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0726 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19004 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0896 · Security Note
• http://evuln.com/vulns/86/summary.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=78841.0 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24915 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16841 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/23480 · Note
• http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-April/000682.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/426824/100/0/threaded · Note