CVE-2011-4173

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4173
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-10-24 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 2.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators or moderators via vectors involving image files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3615. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 All All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 beta2 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 beta2.1 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 beta3 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 beta3.1 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 beta4 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 rc1.2 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 rc4 All All
Application Simplemachines Smf 2.0 rc5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SMF 2.0.1 and 1.1.15 critical security patches released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.simplemachines.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: simple machines forum before 2.0.1 and 1.1.15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - CVE request: simple machines forum before 2.0.1 and 1.1.15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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