CVE-2006-4467

high

Description

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1RCx before 1.1RC3, and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, does not properly unset variables when the input data includes a numeric parameter with a value matching an alphanumeric parameter's hash value, which allows remote attackers to perform directory traversal attacks to read arbitrary local files, lock topics, and possibly have other security impacts. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a bug in the unset PHP command (CVE-2006-3017) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum.

References

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=107135.0

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=107112.0

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444053/100/100/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1475

http://retrogod.altervista.org/smf_11rc2_lock.html

http://retrogod.altervista.org/smf_11rc2_local_incl.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-31

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00745