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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900544
Category:Web application abuses
Title:Simple Machines Forum SQL Injection Vulnerability
Summary:Simple Machines Forum is prone to an SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Simple Machines Forum is prone to an SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Error exists while sending a specially crafted SQL statements into load.php
when setting the db_character_set parameter to a multibyte character which
causes the addslashes PHP function to generate a \(backslash) sequence that
does not quote the '(single quote) character, as demonstrated via a manlabels
action to index.php.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code,
and can view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Affected Software/OS:
Simple Machines Forum 1.1.4 and prior.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-6741
BugTraq ID: 29734
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29734
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5826
XForce ISS Database: smf-load-sql-injection(43118)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43118
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