Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in SMF - CVE-2011-1127

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in SMF - CVE-2011-1127

Published: June 21, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44938
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1127
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Simple Machines
Affected software:
SMF

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

SSI.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, does not properly restrict guest access, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-1127

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources