CVE-2008-6659 — Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote authenticated users to configure arbitrary local files for execution via directory traversal sequences in the value of the theme_dir field during a jsoption action, related to Sources/QueryString.php and Sources/Themes.php, as demonstrated by a local .gif file in attachments/ with PHP code that was uploaded through a profile2 action to index.php

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Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote authenticated users to configure arbitrary local files for execution via directory traversal sequences in the value of the theme_dir field during a jsoption action, related to Sources/QueryString.php and Sources/Themes.php, as demonstrated by a local .gif file in attachments/ with PHP code that was uploaded through a profile2 action to index.php

Published Apr 7, 2009

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.30%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.0 before 1.0.15 and 1.1 before 1.1.7 allows remote authenticated users to configure arbitrary local files for execution via directory traversal sequences in the value of the theme_dir field during a jsoption action, related to Sources/QueryString.php and Sources/Themes.php, as demonstrated by a local .gif file in attachments/ with PHP code that was uploaded through a profile2 action to index.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.30% 0.03300

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03300

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.30% (0.03300)	88.11th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.30% (0.03300)	86.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 28, 2026	9.43% (0.09431)	92.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 19, 2025	6.82% (0.06819)	91.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	3.55% (0.03554)	86.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.75% (0.05746)	83.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.55% (0.03554)	86.91th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.30% (0.02302)	90.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 14, 2024	1.81% (0.01813)	87.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 26, 2023	1.64% (0.01636)	85.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 10, 2023	1.85% (0.01849)	86.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.66% (0.01662)	85.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.26% (0.06262)	90.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.26% (0.06262)	89.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.26% (0.06262)	77.75th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/50072
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32516
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7011
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/50072		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32516		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32139		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=272861.0		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7011		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 7, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 7, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6659

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6659

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6659