PT-2011-2895 · Simple Machines · Simple Machines Forum

Steven M. Christey · Published 2011-06-21 · Updated 2011-06-28 · CVE-2011-1131

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions prior to 1.1.13 Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 2.x prior to 2.0 RC5

Description The issue arises from the PlushSearch2 function in Search.php, which incorrectly utilizes cached data when a temporary table has been created. This might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a search.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.13, update to version 1.1.13 or later. For versions 2.x prior to 2.0 RC5, update to version 2.0 RC5 or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1131

Affected Products

Simple Machines Forum

References · 6

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/4 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1131 · Security Note
• http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_2.0-RC4_security.zip · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/17 · Patch
• http://simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421547.0 · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1131 · Note