PT-2011-4879 · Simple Machines · Simple Machines Forum

Hanno Böck · Published 2011-10-24 · Updated 2011-10-25 · CVE-2011-4173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions prior to 2.0.1

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators or moderators via vectors involving image files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4173

Affected Products

Simple Machines Forum

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4173 · Security Note
• http://simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=452888.0 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46386 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/6 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4173 · Note