CVE-2008-6741

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6741
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-21 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSQL injection vulnerability in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by setting the db_character_set parameter to a multibyte character set such as big5, which causes the addslashes PHP function to produce a "\" (backslash) sequence that does not quote the "'" (single quote) character, as demonstrated via a manlabels action to index.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-89 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.11 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.12 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.5 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.6 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.7 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1 rc1 All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1 rc2 All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1 rc3 All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.1 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.2 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.3 All All All
Application Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Simple Machines Forum <= 1.1.4 Remote SQL Injection Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Simple Machines Forum 'load.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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