J-Security Center

Title: Simple Machines Forum Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Simple Machine Forum is a PHP-based message board.

The application is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability. Attackers can upload arbitrary PHP code as an attachment to the affected application.

By exploiting this issue, attackers can trick administrative users into installing the malicious PHP code into the application as a module or perform other administrative actions.

This issue affects Simple Machines Forum 1.1.6; other versions may also be affected.

Affected Products:

  • Simple Machines Simple Machines Forum 1.1.6

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