CVE-2013-4465

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4465
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-25 23:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUnrestricted file upload vulnerability in the avatar upload functionality in Simple Machines Forum before 2.0.6 and 2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.1 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.10 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.12 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.13 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.14 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.15 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.16 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.17 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.18 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.19 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.2 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.20 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.21 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.22 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.23 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.3 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.4 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.5 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.6 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.7 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.8 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.0.9 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.1 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.10 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.11 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.12 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.13 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.14 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.15 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.16 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.17 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.2 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.3 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.4 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.5 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.6 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.7 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.8 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.9 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 2.0 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 2.0.1 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 2.0.2 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 2.0.3 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 2.0.4 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum 2.1 All All All
Application Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Remote Shell Upload Vulnerability · Issue #701 · SimpleMachines/SMF2.1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
SMF CVE-2013-4465 Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Simple Machines Forum (SMF) Remote file inclusion vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Simple Machines Forum (SMF) Remote file inclusion vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
SMF Downloads af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.simplemachines.org
SMF Downloads MITRE download.simplemachines.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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