PT-2014-3297 · Simple Machines · Simple Machines Forum

Jakob Lell · Published 2014-04-29 · Updated 2014-04-30 · CVE-2013-7235

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions prior to 1.1.19 Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 2.x prior to 2.0.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to impersonate arbitrary users by utilizing multiple space characters.

Recommendations For Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions prior to 1.1.19, update to version 1.1.19 or later. For Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 2.x prior to 2.0.6, update to version 2.0.6 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-7235

Affected Products

Simple Machines Forum

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7235 · Security Note
• http://jakoblell.com/blog/2013/12/13/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-smf-forum-software · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/30/3 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/83 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/30/1 · Note
• http://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?thanks%3Bfilename=smf_2-0-6_changelog.txt · Note